In Supreme Court there is a Rule that before hearing an appeal by a convicted, a surrender certificate by a jailor must be filed. The certificate need to be properly stamped with seal of jail, it must contain details of case number and offenses for which convict is undergoing sentence, and how much sentence he has undergone.
Poor convicts often complain that they are not being given such certificate easily. They have to engage a lawyer even for applying such certificate. Since no statutory form of certificate is seen, the certificates differ from jail to jail. Often certificates are issued in vernacular language. This creates another problem of translating it.
It will help poor convicts very much if Prision Authorities issue proper guidelines to Jail Superintendents for purpose of such certificate.
Haresh Raichura 26/9/16
