IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.3487 of 2026 Date of Decision: 4.5.2026 ____________________________________________________________

Rakesh Kumar @ Tranda …….Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and Others ….Respondents ____________________________________________________________

Coram:

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting? ¹ For the Petitioner: Ms. Sheetal Vyas, Advocate.

For the Respondents: Mr. Rajan Kahol & Mr. Vishal Panwar, Additional Advocates General, with Mr. Ravi Chauhan and uMr. Anish Banshtu, Deputy Advocates General.

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Sandeep Sharma, Judge (oral):

Petitioner herein, who is undergoing life imprisonment for his having allegedly committed offences under Sections 302, 323, 325 and 341 of IPC in connection with FIR No. 139 of 2021, dated 31.12.2021, PS Phadhar, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, and at present is undergoing sentence at Model Central Jail, Nahan, Himachal Pradesh, applied for parole vide application dated 24.8.2025 (Annexure P-1), but since no Haction, if any, ever came to be taken on the afore request of him, he approached this Court in the in