Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 9: District Court Reasi was today connected with jails through video-conferencing with Principal Sessions Judge conducting first ever remand through this mode successfully.
One of the long pending bottlenecks in the system with regard to delay in trials of under trial prisoners and increasing pendency of cases has been the non production of under trial prisoners on the required dates due to non-availability of police escorts.
As per Criminal Procedure Code, it is the duty of the police to perform this function. However, as number of prisoners has assumed alarming proportions over the years, the police has been hard pressed to provide the requisite manpower to do this job.
Escorting prisoners to court or to hospital is hardly a priority area as far as police is concerned. They are overburdened with law and order, crime control, VIP security and preparation duties and escorting prisoners to court/hospital always goes last on their list of duties.
Therefore, in tune with the modern technology, Principal Sessions Judge Reasi Kamlesh Pandita started video conferencing for the trial of under trial prisoners and remand of the accused persons to save the time.
Today, the video conferencing was done with the under trial prisoners lodged in District Jail Udhampur and District Jail Jammu. The courts at Reasi Headquarter have already started extending judicial remands of accused persons before the trial, without producing the accused persons.
The e-court technical staff installed the equipment and also prepared the line with the concerned Jail authorities for the smooth functioning through video conferencing.
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