Can I board the train before the specified boarding point if I have a reservation?

Question

In Indian railway reservation, while reserving tickets, we can select a particular station as boarding point (we can chose a from, a to and an optional boarding point). The boarding point indicates that we are going to board the train from that station only even if we have a reservation from a previous station. This prevents the Train Ticket Examiner from giving the seat to some other person until the station after the specified boarding point.

My question is, can I board the train before the specified boarding point if I book from there?

Not a dupe of Boarding point change for an Indian rail reservation. I am aware of the feature to change boarding point. But while chart prepared, it is impossible to change it.

Answer 1

Most probably, you won't be able to. Let's see it this way. Suppose the train is going these stations A, B and C. You booked a ticket from A to C while your boarding is B. So if you want to board at the station A from where you have booked the ticket, There are 90% chances that that seat has been reserved for somebody else who is travelling from A to B.

So basically it all depends on the route and availability of the seat. If the train route is short you should be able to board at station A.

Answer 2

No we can not board before boarding point.
My experience I booked a ticket from Maniyachi station to Egmore Chennai and opt to board at Kovilpatti in Pearl city express.

But due to unavoidable circumstance I boarded at Maniyachi itself.
While TTR checking he informed it is liable to impose penalty and warned me. I am not eligible to travel between Maniyachi and Kovilpatti he added.