‘2,318 prisoners involved in heinous crimes out on interim bail’

New Delhi, Oct 20 : The Delhi High Court was informed by the jail authorities on Tuesday that 2,318 prisoners involved in heinous crimes are out on interim bail.
It was submitted before the Court that 2,907 prisoners involved in minor crimes have also been granted interim bail.
The affidavit was filed before a three-judge bench of the Delhi High Court presided over by Chief Justice D. N. Patel and also having Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh.
Delhi government’s senior standing counsel (criminal) Rahul Mehra informed the Court that as per the affidavit only six prisoners were infected by coronavirus but at present the number has come down to three. They are admitted in the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital in the national capital.
Mehra submitted before the Court that the capacity of jails in Delhi is more than 10,000 while the number of prisoners in the national capital at present is nearly 16,000.
Mehra told the Court that 6,711 prisoners are out on interim bail or parole.