Important Legal Definitions

A statutory restriction providing that where a life sentence has been imposed for an offence carrying the death penalty, or where a death sentence has been commuted to life, the convict cannot be released from prison through executive remission until they have served at least 14 years of actual imprisonment.

A murder convict sentenced to life imprisonment applies for early release under a general state independence-day policy after 10 years; the petition is rejected under the statutory bar of Section 433A CrPC.