IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

CWP No. 17844 of 2025

Reserved on: 15.12.2025

Date of Decision: 1.1.2026

Sanjay Kumar ...Petitioner.

Versus

State of H.P. and others ...Respondents.

Coram o

Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the P etitioner : Mr. Shekhar Badola, Advocate.

For the Respondents/State : Nemo.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge

H The petitioner has filed the present petition to quash

and set aside the order dated 4.9.2024 and issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to release the petitioner

on parole.

2. It has been asserted that the petitioner was convicted and sentenced by the learned Special Judge, Fast Track Court, POCSO, Mandi, HP. He filed an appeal, which was registered as

1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

Criminal Appeal No. 208 of 2022, and is pending before this Court. The petitioner has undergone six years, one month and 21 days of sentence. His conduct in the Jail was described as good. The petitioner applied for parole on 6.12.2023 under the Himachal Pradesh Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1968 (Prisoners Act) and the Rules framed thereunder. His applicatio