IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. :1 8224 of 2025 Decided on : 17.12 . 2025 Sewa Kumar …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. Sohail Khan, Legal Aid Counsel. For the respondents : Mr. H.S. Rawat, Mr. Tejasvi Sharma and Mr. Mohinder Zharaick, Additional Advocates General. Virender Singh, Judge. (Oral)

By way of the present writ petition, petitioner-

Sewa Kumar 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:

“A. That issue a writ of mandamus directing respondent No. 2 to grant parole to the

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

petitioner in a time bound manner, as per law laid down therefor;

B. The petitioner may kindly be released on parole for a period of 42 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, Nurpur, District Kangra, H.P., vide judgment dated 28^th August, 2023, for the c