NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the release of prisoners/detenues in detention centers in Assam who have been in detention for more than 2 years in order to contain the spread of Covid-19 virus.
The order was passed while hearing a bunch of petitions tagged under the name “suo motu writ petition in re: contagion of covid 19 virus in prisons" which sought directions for containment of covid-19 virus and temporary release of prisons amid the rising cases of covid-19.
Chief Justice SA Bobde presiding over a three judge bench while passing the order also reduced stringent condition of release to two bonds of five thousand rupees with two sureties from earlier bond of sum of rupees one lakh as stipulated in a previous order of