IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. :13188 of 2025 Reserved on : 01.09 . 2025 Decided on : 03.09.2025 Geeta Devi …Petitioner versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others …Respondents Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Virender Singh, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner : Mr. Bhupender Singh Ahuja, Advocate.

For the respondents : Mr. H.S. Rawat, Additional Advocate General.

Virender Singh, Judge.

By way of the present writ petition, petitioner-

Geeta Devi has invoked the extra ordinary writ jurisdiction of this Court, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following substantive relief, amongst others:

1 Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

“(i) Issue appropriate writ directing respondents to grant parole to the petitioner for a period of 28 days.”

2. As per the case, set up by the petitioner, he has been convicted and sentenced by the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Mandi, District Mandi, H.P., vide judgment dated 16^th March, 2024, for the commission of offences, punishable under Sections 302, 328 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as ‘IPC’) and has been sentence