Bombay High Court Allows Life Convicts' Open Prison Admission Despite Robbery Convictions — Rule 4(2)(vii) of Maharashtra Open Prisons Rules, 1971 Not Applicable When Life Sentence Is Primary. The court held that convicts sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 302 IPC along with lesser sentences under Sections 392-397 IPC, with concurrent sentences, are eligible for open prison after completing the lesser sentence.
12 Aug 2010The Bombay High Court decided three criminal writ petitions raising a common issue: whether convicts sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 302 ...
