Parole - Indian Laws - General

Meaning of parole The Concise Oxford Dictionary - (New Edition) The release of a prisoner temporarily for a special purpose or completely before the expiry of a sentence, on the promise of good behaviour; such a promise; a word of honour Black s Law Dictionary - (6th Edition) Release from jail, prison or other confinement after actually serving part of sentence. Conditional release from imprisonment which entitles parolee to serve remainder of his term outside confides of an institution, if he satisfactorily complies with all terms and conditions provided in parole order. According to the Law Lexicon ,: A parole is a form of conditional pardon, by which the convict is released before the expiration of his term, to remain subject, during the remainder thereof, to supervision by the public authority and to return to imprisonment on violation of the condition of the parole. According to Words and Phrases: Parole ameliorates punishment by permitting convict to serve sentence outside of prison walls, but parole does not interrupt sentence. People ex rel Rainone v. Murphy [135 NE 2d 567, 571, 1 NY 2d 367, 153 NYS 2d 21, 26]. Parole does not vacate sentence imposed, but is merely a conditional suspension of sentence. Wooden v. Goheen [Ky, 255 SW 2d 1000, 1002]. A parole is not a suspension of sentence , but is a substitution, during continuance of parole, of lower grade of punishment by confinement in legal custody and under control of warden within specified prison bounds outside the prison, for confinement within the prison adjudged by the court. Jenkins v. Madigan [CA Ind, 211 F 2d 904, 906]. A parole does not suspend or curtail the sentence originally imposed by the court as contrasted with a commutation of sentence which actually modifies it . Again in State of Haryana v. Nauratta Singh Ors. [2000 (3) SCC 514] it was held by this Court as under: Parole relates to executive action taken after the door has been closed on a convict. During parole period there is no suspension of sentence but the sentence is actually continuing to run during that period also. DADU @ TULSIDAS ETC. VERSUS STATE OF MAHARASHTRA ETC. - 2000 (10) TMI 946 - SUPREME COURT