Limitation Of Parole

If a person who is sentenced to a jail term,  is released from prison before his sentence is completed, he is called paroled. According to law, convicts who have completed five years of their jail term may be granted parole on grounds of attending a wedding or medical emergency or funeral, or attending to someone who is their sole responsibility.

But several lawyers feel the privilege is more often than not granted to the rich and influential."The idea of parole is to let convicts keep in touch with society. Nowadays, rich people get parole to see their grandchildren, while the poor languish in jail," says Supreme Court advocate Kamini Jaiswal.this issue of the limitation and legality of parole came into limelight after the parole issued to Jesica Lal murder convict Manu Sharma.Under the provision of jail manual