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6. In Bhikhabhai Devshi v. State of Gujarat and Ors. reported in 1987 Cri.LJ 1932, Full Bench of the Gujarat High Court has laid down that the parole and furlough Rules are part of the penal and prison reform with a view to humanise the prison system. These rules enable the prisoner to obtain his release and to return to the outside world for a short prescribed period. The object of such release is to enable the inmate to maintain his continuity with his family life and deal with family matters; to save the inmate from the evil effects of continuous prison life and to enable the inmate to maintain constructive hope and active interest in life. The Jail Reforms Committee in the Statement of Objects and Reasons for Bombay (Prisons Amendment) Act No. 27 of 1953, had recommended the release of well behaved prisoners of certain categories on furlough as of right after they undergo a specified period of imprisonment which was accepted by the Government in pursuance of which furlough system was put in the act. Accordingly, parole and furlough rules were framed. The Full Bench has observed that the object of parole and furlough rules is to be humanised penal system and to enable the prisoner to maintain the continuity with his family life and to deal with the family matters as also to save him from evil effects of continuous jail life and to enable him to gain self confidence as also to maintain constructive hopes and active interest in life.