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Mehal Singh vs State of Punjab etc.

Punjab And Haryana At Chandigarh · Decided on 10 May 1989 · Citation: (1989) 1 RCR(Criminal) 682

HON’BLE JUDGES
A.P.Chowdhri, J
CASE NUMBER
Criminal Writ Petition No. 1415 of 1989
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4 paragraphs · 209 words

A.P. Chowdhri, J.

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Notice to the respondents through Advocate General, Punjab, for 1051989.

The petitioner is undergoing life imprisonment following his conviction in a Murder case under orders of learned Sessions Judge, Amritsar. He has already undergone more than 4 years. He applied to the authorities for emergency parole under section 3(1)(a) of the Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1962, on April 27, 1989 on the ground that his son was admitted to the hospital and had been advised operation urgently. There was no other adult male member in the family who could attend to his ailing son. The authorities failed to communicate any decision on the said application and, therefore, the present petition. The petition is supported by certificate Annexure P. I issued by a Senior Medical officer, P.H.C. Kasel, District Amritsar, as also by writing of the Panchayat Annexure P. 2. The petitioner has categorically stated that he was never awarded any jail punishment during his incarceration. In the peculiar facts of the case, it is directed that the prisoner aforesaid shall be released on parole initially for two weeks on his furnishing bond and surety to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Amritsar, as an interim measure JUDGMENT be given dasti.

JUDGMENT accordingly.