C.A. Pious vs The State Of Kerala And Anr

The Supreme Court upheld the Kerala High Court's dismissal of a writ appeal regarding the computation of sentence duration for parole eligibility under the Kerala Prison Rules, 1958. The Court clarified that the period of study leave cannot be counted towards the mandatory 8 years of custodial sentence required for probation under Rule 225(2) and Section 432(6) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The ruling emphasized that the appellant had not completed the requisite period of imprisonment, thus affirming the High Court's decision.