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Centre urges states, UTs to implement Sec 479 of BNSS for undertrial prisoners’ relief
Centre has asked states and Union Territories to implement the provisions of Section 479 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to provide relief to undertrial prisoners. This section provides relief to undertrial prisoners by reducing the number of people held in jail awaiting trial. Union...