1. A Journalist's effort to probe into Social behavior of capital sentence condemned prisoner in his death cell before he is actually hanged, and the State functionaries denial has resulted in this avoidable litigation. Penology, deterrent ,jurisprudence is another facet of this probe of Meharchand, who has murdered his brother, brother's wife and their three children, in a trifling family fued arising from partition amongst brothers.

2. Shri Prakash Sharma, the petitioner, is a Staff Reporter of 'Univarta'. Hindi being of UNI, a news agency of India. The petitioner has filed this writ petition with the following prayer :

"that your Lordships' may kindly be pleased to accept this writ petition and be further pleased to direct the respondents to permit the petitioner to interview the condemned prisoner Meharchand Jat who is at present lodged in Central Jail, Jaipur and is to be executed on 3. 5. 1983 at 5 a.m."
It is common ground that, one Mehar Chand Jat, Bamalvas, at present lodged in Central Jail, Jaipur who is resident of village Tehsil Nohar, District Sri ganganagar, is under sentence of death passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Nohar (District Sriganganagar) and co