The following classes of prisoners shall not be released under the Act:
(a) Those convicted of offences under the following Chapters or Sections of the Indian Penal Code:
V-A, VI and VII 367 Section 216-A, 224 and 225 (if it is a case of escape from a jail), 231, 232, 303, 311, 328, 364, 376, 382, 386 to 389, 392 to 402, 413, 459, 460, 489-A and Section 511 read with any of the aforesaid sections ;
(b) those convicted under sections 7 and 8 of the Act or whose license has been previously revoked on account of the breach of the conditions of the license;
(c) those whose applications for release, other than an application under section 8 of the Act, were on a previous occasion rejected by the State Government;
(d) those sentenced to a period of one year or less under any sections of the Indian Penal Code or under any other Act.
Explanation- The rule in clause (c) precludes a convict from himself applying a second time for release under section 2 of the Act, But the State Government may direct the Inspector-General of Prisons to place any case, which has already been once rejected, for reconsideration before the Board referred to in rule 6 (5).