Khushi Gupta
Published on: April 30, 2022 at 14:34 IST
The Supreme Court ruled that furlough could not be denied to a Convict who has been sentenced to remain in Jail for his entire life and they can’t be deprived of their rights emanating from Good Jail Conduct.
Furlough means Release of a Prisoner for a short period of time after a gap of certain qualified numbers of years of incarceration by way of motivation for maintaining good conduct and to remain disciplined in the Prison.
This is purely an incentive for good conduct in the prison. Setting aside the verdict of the Delhi High Court which held that a Prisoner condemned to live his entire life in Jail was not entitled for furlough, a Bench of Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Aniruddha Bose said even if the person is otherwise not to get any remission and has to remain in jail for the rest of his life, this does not take away his right to seek furlough.
The Court passed the Plea of a Convict seeking direction that his Plea for furlough be considered.
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