HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ****

Decided on 27.02.2025 ****

Jai Prakash ... Petitioner VS.

State of Haryana & Ors. ... Respondents ****

CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL ****

Present: Mr. RS Dhull, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. SS Pannu, Addl. AG Haryana ****

Sandeep Moudgil, J.

(1). The jurisdiction of this Court has been invoked under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India read with Section 5 of the Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 2022 for issuing a writ of mandamus for directing the respondents to grant emergency parole to the petitioner for a period of four weeks to enable him to be present for the wedding ceremony of his son fixed for 01.03.2025.

(2). Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed on record the marriage card of the son of the petitioner showing that the marriage of his son if scheduled for 01.03.2025 at Faridabad and the his son being the sole child of the petitioner, his presence would be necessary to culminate the functions and make necessary arrangement being of paramount importance being the father.

(3). It is further averred that the father of the petitioner is suffering from cancer and is in a critical con