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G. S. SANDHAWALIA, HARPREET KAUR JEEWAN
Randhir Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Ms. Harpreet Kaur Jeewan, J.
The petitioner Randhir Singh has filed the present petition challenging the order dated 26.12.2022 (Annexure P-2) whereby his application for grant of parole has been rejected by the Additional Director General of Police (Prisons), Punjab.
2. As per the custody certificate, the petitioner is undergoing the sentence awarded by Ms. Saru Mehta Kaushik, Additional Sessions Judge, Sangrur, vide order dated 16.08.2021, whereby the petitioner has been convicted under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the IPC and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 20 years along with payment of fine of Rs. 20,000/- and in default to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for 1 year, in case FIR No. 107, dated 15.10.2019, under Sections 302 /34 of the IPC, registered at Police Station Khanauri, District Sangrur.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that on 21.04.2022, the petitioner applied for 08 weeks parole to meet his family members under Sections 3 (1) (d) of the Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1962 (for short 'the Act of 1962'), The Superintendent Central Jail, Goindwal (respondent No. 4) initiated and recommended
Parole serves to maintain family ties and facilitate rehabilitation; denial must be justified by substantial evidence of risk to public order or security.
The court emphasized the need for specific and non-vague reasons for rejecting parole applications, and highlighted the importance of good conduct by prisoners in determining parole eligibility.
Parole – Convicts have right to breathe fresh air for short periods – Any objection raised by local inhabitants/relative cannot be sole determinative basis for refusing parole.
The nature of the offence alone cannot be a sole ground for denying parole. The authorities should consider rehabilitation, continuity of life, and constructive hopes for convicts and prisoners in de....
Point of Law : If a person commits any crime, it does not mean that by committing a crime, he ceases to be a human being and that he can be deprived of those aspects of life which constitute human di....
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