1. - A letter has been received from Prakash Verma, which has been treated as a letter petition by this Court. The petitioner has sought the first parole for twenty days. Vide order dated 4.1.2012, this Court had appointed Mr. K.R. Bhati, as amicus curiae, to argue the case on behalf of the petitioner.

2. Mr. K.R. Bhati, submits that the petitioner has completed nine years of his sentence out of a total sentence of ten years. In this entire period, he has not applied for parole. Therefore, he is eligible for grant of first parole. However, vide order dated 31.5.2011, the District Parole Committee has dismissed the petitioner's case. Secondly, that the reasons given by the Committee are that they have received an adverse report both from the Superintendent of Police (Rural), Jaipur, and Superintendent of Central Jail, Jodhpur. According to the report of the Superintendent of Central Jail, Jodhpur, the petitioner is refusing to work in the jail factory. Therefore, his conduct within the jail is unsatisfactory. The learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that only convicted prisoners of offence under Section 302 IPC are required to work in the jail factory. Therefore,