The Supreme Court recently pronounced a notable judgment explaining the factors which a Government should take into account while deciding to grant remission of sentence to convicts as per Section 432 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Apart from other considerations (such as the nature of the crime, whether it affected the society at large, the chance of its recurrence etc), the government, while considering the potential of the convict to commit crimes in the future, should also consider whether there remains any fruitful purpose of continued incarceration.
