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11. Apart from the present conviction, the petitioner has no other criminal case pending and has clean antecedents. It is well settled that parole is not a mere concession but an integral part of the correctional system, meant to allow prisoners to maintain family and social ties, to reduce recidivism, and to uphold the constitutional guarantee of dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. In these circumstances, denial of parole would frustrate both the humanitarian and reformative purposes of imprisonment.