Overcrowded Prisons To Get Relief? SC Fast-Tracks Bail For First-Time Offenders Under Section 479
In a first, the Supreme Court on Friday has decided to apply a new provision retrospectively. This provision is Section 479 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which mandates that first-time offenders who have been in prison for at least one-third of the maximum punishment for their alleged crime should be released. The Supreme…