UPSC PYQPrelims 2021

Civil Services Examination · प्रश्न 83

With reference to India, consider the following statements: 1. When a prisoner makes out a sufficient case, parole cannot be denied to such prisoner because it becomes a matter of his/her right. 2. State Governments have their own Prisoners Release on Parole Rules. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2
उत्तर देखें और व्याख्या

उत्तर: (B) 2 only

व्याख्या

Parole is a conditional concession, not a right, and may be denied even if grounds exist. Prisons are a State subject, so states frame their own parole rules.