Bengaluru: On the occasion of the 70th Independence Day celebrations on Monday, as many as 284 convicts will released from various prisons in the state on August 15.

Of the 284 convicts, 236 are males and 48 women. The men have completed 14 years of imprisonment, while the women have served jail term for 10 years. The State Prisons Advisory Board objected to the release of certain prisoners after the Cabinet had approved the release of 320 prisoners on August 10.

As many as 99 men and 21 women prisoners will be released from the Central Prison in Bengaluru. Likewise, 24 men and two women from Ballari; eight men from Dharwad; 35 men and 17 women from Mysuru; 12 men and four women from Vijayapura; 33 men and two women from Belagavi; and 25 men and two women from Kalaburgi prison, will be released.