The law of life Imprisionment is uncertain from various aspects.
A criminal who is sentenced to life imprision is not certain about how many years he may have to spend in jail.
Higher the sentence, higher the chances of criminal absconding and not returning to jail. If life Imprisionment means jail up to his death, then he may not have reason to return to jail once he gets out on temporary leave. He may become a more dreaded criminal.
Until few years ago, the criminals had hopes that after 14 years, they may be released. Hence they continued to pass time in hope of rehabilitating themselves back in society after 14 years or sometime.
Now, at present, there is a little uncertainty in judicial pronouncements on this issue.
Haresh Raichura
28/4/2014
