In Bihar, 44 prisoners to be released on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary

The Samrat Choudhary government has taken a decision to release 44 prisoners lodged in different jails on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on October 2, 2026. 

Earlier, 43 prisoners were released from different jails on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary in 2018. After eight years, prisoners are once again being released on Gandhi Jayanti this year.

A large number of the prisoners being released from jails this year are elderly and have been serving long-term sentences. Two of them are above 90 years of age, while eight prisoners are above 80 years and 20 prisoners are in the 70–80 age group.