LUCKNOW, Jan. 21 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has directed the Uttar Pradesh additional chief secretary (ACS), home, to file a personal affidavit placing on record relevant data relating to prisoners who have completed 14 years of imprisonment and whose cases are eligible for consideration of remission of sentence.

The court sought details of prisoners in whose cases statutory formalities, including preparation and forwarding of Form-A under the UP Prisoners' Release on Probation Act, 1938, have been completed. It also directed the state to disclose how many cases seeking remission are still pending before the competent authority, the duration of such pendency, and the reasons for delay.

The affidavit will also have ...