IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA.

CWP No. 8782 of 2023 Decided on: 01.12.2023 Sanjay Tomar …Petitioner Versus State of H. P. & Ors. …Respondents Coram:

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Judge.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Satyen Vaid ya, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting? ¹ No.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Hemant Kumar Thakur, Advocate.

For the Respondents : Mr. I. N. Mehta, Sr. Addl. A.G. with Ms.

oSharmila Patial and Mr. Navlesh Verma, Addl. A.G.

Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Judge (Oral)

The instant petition has been filed for grant of the following substantive reliefs:-

(i) That the rejection letter dated 14.09.2023 (Annexure P- 4) issued by respondent No. 2 whereby the claim of the H petitioner for grant of parole has been rejected may very kindly be quashed and set aside.

(ii) That the respondents may very kindly be directed to grant parole for 42 days to the petitioner, in the interest of justice and fair play.

2. The sole ground on which the respondents have opposed the claim of the petitioner is that he could be involved in another offence. However, there is nothing on record to substantiate this apprehension.

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