Ravi Kumar vs State of Punjab - 2023 Supreme(P&H) 2164

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2023 Supreme(P&H) 2164

HARINDER SINGH SIDHU, LALIT BATRA
Ravi Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
Mr.Nandan Jindal, Advocate; For the Petitioner
Mr.Dhruv Dayal, Addl.AG, Punjab.

Table of Content
1. petitioner's request for emergency parole. (Para 2 , 3)
2. importance of emergency parole for medical reasons. (Para 4 , 5 , 6)
3. guidelines vs statutory provisions in parole cases. (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12)
4. court allows emergency parole for petitioner. (Para 13)

JUDGMENT

Harinder Singh Sidhu, J.

CRM-W-393-2023 is allowed. The documents annexed with the application are taken on record.

2. Ravi Kumar - petitioner has been convicted and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment vide judgment and order dated 22.09.2021 passed by the Ld. Additional Sessions Judge, Hoshiarpur in case FIR No.64 dated 22.05.2016 under Section 302 , etc., Police Station Sadar Hoshiarpur. Against his conviction he has preferred an appeal (CRA-D-617-2021) which is pending.

3. In this petition, he has assailed the order dated 04.01.2023 (Annexure P-4) passed by Respondent No.4 - the Superintendent, Central Jail, Ferozepur, whereby, his request for grant of Emergency Parole has been declined, while observing as under:-

"... Considering your representation dated 06.12.2022 received in this office on 06.12.2022 without signature/thumb impression, you are informed that you have committed jai