Mr. S.S. Saron, J.: - The petitioner has filed this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for directing Superintendent Central Jail, Ludhiana (respondent No. 2) to release him on emergency parole for four weeks to celebrate the marriage of his daughter namely Pawandeep Kaur fixed for 26.11.2015.

2. Notice of motion to A.G., Punjab.

3. On the asking of the Court, Mr. Arshwinder Singh, Addl. A.G., Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents-State.

4. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

5. The petitioner has been convicted in case FIR No. 58 dated 17.05.2012, registered at Police Station Raikot, District Ludhiana for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC. He has been sentenced by the learned Sessions Judge, Ludhiana to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life, vide order dated 14.09.2015.

6. Aggrieved against the said conviction and sentence, the petitioner has filed CRA-D-1540-DB-2015 which is pending in this Court. The petitioner has been in custody and according to his custody certificate (Annexure P-2), he has undergone imprisonment for three years, four months and twenty five days as on 13.11.2015. The marriage of daughter of the petitio