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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Remission Policy Applicability Case — 2002 Policy Governs Convicts Sentenced Before 2008 Policy Came Into Effect. The Court held that the policy in force at the time of conviction applies, and subsequent policy cannot be applied retrospectively to deny remission.

The appellant, Parveen Kumar @ Parveen Chauhan, was convicted for the murder of a 12-year-old child on 3rd January 2009 under FIR No.670 of 2007. He w...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Convicts' Appeals on Premature Release Under Goa Prisons Rules, 2006 Due to Parole Period Exclusion. Period of Parole Counted as Remission Under Rule 335 and Excluded from Actual Imprisonment for Calculating 14-Year Requirement for Premature Release.

The dispute arose from convicts undergoing life imprisonment who applied for premature release under the Goa Prisons Rules, 2006, claiming they had co...

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Bombay High Court Allows Furlough Applications; Condition to Stay Outside Home District Held Illegal. Condition That Prisoner Must Not Enter District Where Family Resides Defeats Object of Furlough Under Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959.

The High Court of Judicature at Bombay dealt with two criminal writ petitions filed by convicted prisoners challenging the rejection of their furlough...

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Bombay High Court Allows Prisoners' Furlough Petitions — Imposition of Condition to Stay Outside District Held Invalid Under Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959. Competent Authority Cannot Impose Condition Not Contemplated by Rules; Orders Rejecting Furlough Set Aside.

The judgment concerns two criminal writ petitions filed by prisoners challenging orders rejecting their applications for furlough. The petitioners, Ra...

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High Court of Bombay Nagpur Bench Delivers Oral Judgment on Challenge to Parole Rule. The Court examined whether the proviso to Rule 19 of the Bombay (Furlough and Parole) Rules 1959, restricting parole to once a year except in death cases, violates Article 21 of the Constitution.

These writ petitions, filed by convicts in the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench, challenged the constitutional validity of the proviso...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Categorization Under 1992 Guidelines for Premature Release of Life Convict in Murder During Robbery Case. Petitioner's Offence of Murder During Robbery Correctly Categorized Under Category 5(a) of the 1992 Guidelines, Which Superseded the 1978 Guidelines.

The petitioner, Harjeetsingh Niranjansingh Jabbal, was convicted under Sections 302 and 397 of the Indian Penal Code for murder committed during a rob...

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Bombay High Court Allows Furlough for Prisoners Despite Past Overstay on Parole — Overstay Not a Permanent Bar Under Prisons (Bombay Furlough) Rules, 1959. The Court held that furlough is a right of a prisoner and past overstay on parole cannot be a permanent bar for grant of furlough.

The judgment concerns three criminal writ petitions filed by prisoners whose applications for furlough leave were rejected by the prison authorities o...