Ranchi: Two persons Deepak Kumar Rai and Sambhu Gupta who were arrested in Lalpur area of Ranchi district in August 2020 for stealing one sack of potato, on Sunday were released by the court of Manish Kumar Misra on the basis of the period spent by them in custody during a virtual Jail Adalat organised under the aegis of District Legal Service Authority (DLSA).
Like them, six others, all accused of petty crimes, were released through the Jail Adalat. DLSA secretary Abhishek Kumar said, “The prisoners were in jail for small crimes. The maximum term for theft is three years. However, it was considered that a six-month term is enough for an offence like stealing potatoes.”