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HARINDER SINGH SIDHU, LALIT BATRA
Ravi Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petitioner's request for emergency parole. (Para 2 , 3 , 5) |
| 2. objections about jail offenses on parole denial. (Para 6 , 7) |
| 3. substantive vs procedural provisions in parole. (Para 8 , 9 , 10 , 12) |
| 4. court's decision to grant parole. (Para 11 , 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:-
A hardcore prisoner is ineligible for emergency parole unless he completes five years of imprisonment after the latest offence; however, the court may permit temporary release for last rites under es....
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