Hon'ble MATHUR, J.—A letter addressed to this Court by convict prisoner Shri Kishan Bahadur son of Om Bahadur, resident of Salli Kharak, District Pyuthan Rapti, Nepal, presently lodged at Central Jail, Bikaner, for grant of permanent parole under the Rajasthan Prisoners Release on Parole Rules, 1958 (for short 'the Rules of 1958'), is treated as a petition for writ.

2. The Deputy Inspector General Prisons, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur, under an order dated 26.9.2013, refused for grant of permanent parole to the petitioner on the count that as per Rule 14(a) of the Rules of 1958 a convict prisoner, who is ordinarily not a resident of Rajasthan, should not be released on permanent parole. The petitioner being resident of Nepal is not eligible for grant of parole in view of the provision aforesaid.

3. Suffice to mention here that the Additional Sessions Judge (Fast Track), Anoopgarh, District Sriganganagar by judgment dated 6.2.2002 in Sessions Case No.128/2001 convicted the petitioner for the offences punish-able under Sections 302, 307 and 450 Indian Penal Code. He was sentenced to undergo life term imprisonment with a fine of Rs.1000/- against the conviction recorded for the offen

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