 Allahabad : The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to consider giving compensation to a man who was kept in jail beyond his term.
The court also asked the government to identify all such convicts who have undergone their full sentence awarded to them, but is still languishing in jail and to take immediate steps for their release.
The direction came while hearing the case of appellant Dinesh Kumar Sarraf. According to the prosecution Sarraf was arrested with 30 kg of charas in Gorakhpur in 1997. He was convicted in 2001 and sent to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment, besides being slapped with a fine of Rs one lakh, non-payment of which would call for another two years in jail.
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