Remissions

A prisoner sentenced to imprisonment for life has no right to claim remissions, inasmuch as, the remissions are available to a prisoner in the nature of privilege. After conviction a prisoner cannot claim any right of remission other than a right of appeal and in the appeal he can claim acquittal or the alteration of the conviction or sentence which is permissible by law. The executives exercised its power on the question of remission of sentence in respect of a life convict prisoners whimsically without any sanction of law. Ataur Mridha @ Ataur vs State, 69 DLR (AD) 214