JUDGMENT :

ARCHANA PURI, J.

1. The matter has been taken up through video conferencing in the light of COVID-19 pandemic.

2. The petitioner has invoked the writ jurisdiction of this Court, thereby making a prayer for issuance of mandamus, directing the respondents to release the petitioner on parole for a period of six weeks and also sought issuance of certiorari for quashing the order dated 03.09.2020 passed by the District Magistrate, Patiala.

3. The petitioner along with the fellow accused was convicted and sentenced vide judgment/order of sentence dated 30.03.2012, in case bearing FIR No.321 dated 14.10.2005 under Sections 120-B, 302, 34, 109 and 115 IPC, Police Station Civil Lines Patiala. Consequently, petitioner is undergoing life imprisonment in Central Jail, Patiala,.

4. It is averred in the petition that right from the date of involvement of the petitioner in the aforesaid case, she is continuously confined behind the bars. She had applied for grant of parole for six weeks to the concerned authority. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Patiala, submitted the report to the District Magistrate, Patiala, to the effect that police has no objection and there is no apprehension o