MRS. V. K. TAHILRAMANI, J.:- Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for respondent.

2. Rule.

3. With the consent of "the parties heard forthwith.

4. The petitioner had preferred an application for parole on the ground of illness of his father. According to the petitioner, his father suffers from heart ailment. The said application for parole came to be rejected by order dated 25th May, 2011. Being aggrieved by the said fact, the petitioner has preferred this petition.

5. The learned Advocate for the petitioner submitted that when the police conducted enquiry, they found the reason given by the petitioner i.e. illness of his father, to be genuine. Despite this fact, the petitioner has not been granted parole. The learned advocate for the petitioner relied on a decision of the Gujarat High Court. in the case of Bhikhabhai Devshi vs. State of Gujarat and others, AIR 1987 Gujarat 136 to contend that the object of granting parole are that the prisoner gets an opportunity to maintain continuity with his family life, to deal with the family matters, to maintain constructive hope and active interest in the life and to save a convict from the ill effects of continu