Coronavirus scare is bad news for the entire world but shockingly not for the inmates lodged in Maharashtra jails for minimal crimes. Maharashtra State Prison is giving temporary bail to those who are accused of minimal crimes to decongest the jails.

There are a total of 36,000 inmates in jails across the state. Out of these, 8,500 are convicts and serving their term, and 27500 are undertrials. Out of these undertrials, around 10,000 are accused of minimal crimes like pick-pocketing, mobile stealing, petty assault cases. The Maharashtra Prison department will make a list of these accused based on the courts which are looking into their matters. Once the list will be prepared, the prison department will approach the courts, provide them the list of the accused in their jurisdiction and seek a 15 days bail for these accused.