STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH vs VALLABHAPURAM RAVI

The Supreme Court held that Section 433A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 does not bar the release of an adolescent offender transferred to a Borstal School under Section 10-A of the Andhra Borstal Schools Act, 1925 after he attains the age of 23 years. The Court clarified that once an offender is sent to a Borstal school, he ceases to be a prisoner undergoing imprisonment, thus the provisions of Section 8 of the Act must be fully applied. The appeal by the State Government was dismissed, affirming the High Court's order for release.