notices intimating payment of fine shall be sent to the prison
authorities through an official messenger of the Court or through
registered post and not through the friends or relatives of the
prisoner. Release order etc. sent locally shall be received by the
Assistant Superintendent incharge of releases.
(iv) Release orders, reduction warrants, etc., sent locally
shall be received in the prison during the office hours only.
(v) In case of two or more prisoners convicted in the same
case, there must be a separate release order or reduction warrant, as
the case may be, for every prisoner.
Over-detention to be reported to the Inspector General.
Rule125. The case of every prisoner detained in confinement
after the date on which he is entitled to be released shall be
reported to the Inspector General.
Warrant of a release of prisoner transferred.
Rule126. On receipt of warrant for the release of a prisoner
who has been transferred to another prison, such warrant shall be
forwarded without further delay by registered post to the prison in
which the prisoner is confined.
Release order to be duly authenticated.
Rule127. The Superintendent shall not release any prisoner
on the authority of any informal document. Release orders duly
signed by the Coordination Officer and impressed with the seal of
the Court shall alone be acted upon. All release orders before being
acted upon should be carefully scrutinized by the Deputy
Superintendent in order to see that the seal of the Court and
signature of the Coordination Officer are genuine and that the
particulars noted in the release order correspond with the original
commitment warrant. In case of doubt a reference should be made
to the Court concerned before the order is carried out.
Release on the authority of a telegram.
Rule128. No prisoner shall be released on the authority of
telegram except in the case of telegram dispatched by the Home
Secretary to the Provincial Government. All such telegrams should
be confirmed by telegraphic enquiry.
When a prisoner may be released on recognizance.
Rule129. (i) If the warrant of an appellate Court directs
that a prisoner shall be released on bail or on his own or another
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