ORDER :

Being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the order dated 06.10.2021 (Annexure P-2), whereby prayer made on behalf of the petitioner-convict (hereinafter referred to as the ‘petitioner’) for grant of parole came to be rejected, petitioner has approached this Court in the instant proceedings filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying therein for issuance of writ of certiorari to quash and set aside the aforesaid order dated 06.10.2021 and grant parole of 28 days.

2. For having bird’s eye view, certain undisputed facts, which may be relevant for adjudication of the case at hand, are that FIR No.218 of 2014 dated 27.09.2014 was registered against the petitioner alongwith other persons at Police Station Nalagarh, District Solan for their having allegedly committed offences punishable under Section 302, 364 and 201 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’). Vide judgment dated 23.10.2019 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Nalagarh, District Solan, in Sessions Trial No.16-NL/7 of 2015, petitioner came to be convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine to the tune of Rs. five thousand for his havin