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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR D.B. Criminal Writ Petition (Parole) No. 220/2026 Sonu Alias Satyendra Singh S/o Shri Shivraj Singh, Aged About 32 Years, R/o Gulkhedi, P.s Panwad, District Jhalawar (Presently Lodged In Prisoner Open Jail, Kota).

----Petitioner Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan, Through The Secretary Home, Secretariat, Jaipur.

2. Director General Of Prisons, Rajasthan, Jaipur.

3. Superintendent Central Jail, Kota.

4. Superintendent Of Police, District Jhalawar.

5. District Magistrate And District Collector, District Jhalawar.

----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Parth Sharma for Mr. Sudhir Jain For Respondent(s) : Mr. Rajesh Choudhary, GA-cum-AAG with Mr. Vijay Yadav, PP Ms. Neha Goyal HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MAHENDAR KUMAR GOYAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAMEER JAIN

Order

11/02/2026 This criminal writ petition is filed seeking a direction to the respondents to release the petitioner on emergent parole for a period of 15 days on account of marriage of his brother-Shri Mahipat Singh Hada.

The relevant facts in brief are that the petitioner is undergoing life imprisonment after his conviction by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Jhalawar in Sessions Case No.35/2021 vide judgement dated 21.07.2023 under Sections 302 and 341 IPC. The D.B. Crimnial Appeal No.280/2023 preferred thereagainst is pending consideration before this Court. As per the order dated 23.01.2026 (Annexure 1) passed from the office of Director General of Prison, Rajasthan, Jaipur, he is in Open Air Camp, Kota. His application for grant of emergent parole has been rejected by the respondents vide order dated 28.01.2026 on account of apprehension of commission of any offence by the family members of the deceased.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is the only brother and his jail conduct has remained satisfactory which is evident from the fact that he has been sent to Open Air Camp, Kota. He further submits that apprehension expressed by the respondents is baseless and misconceived. He, therefore, prays that the petition be allowed and he may be granted 15 days’

emergent parole to attend marriage of his brother.

Per contra, learned Government Advocate-cum-Additional Advocate General opposed the prayer but, he did not dispute that marriage of brother of the petitioner is scheduled to be solemnized on 13.02.2026. He also did not dispute that jail conduct of the petitioner has remained satisfactory and he is in Open Air Camp, Kota. He, however, submits that since, his parents are alive, the rules do not permit grant of emergent parole to attend marriage of his brother.

Heard. Considered.

Generally, this Court would not have extended the benefit of emergent parole to a prisoner to attend the marriage of his/her brother when parents are alive but, in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the instant case wherein, in view of the satisfactory jail record, the petitioner has been sent to Open Air Camp, Kota, we deem it just and proper to grant him emergent parole for a period of 3 days from the date of release to attend marriage of his brother despite his parents being alive.

Accordingly, this criminal writ petition is allowed in terms that the petitioner shall be released on parole for a period of 3 days from the date of release on furnishing bail bonds to the satisfaction of the Superintendent, Central Jail, Kota.

Pending application(s), if any, also stands disposed of accordingly.

(SAMEER JAIN),J (MAHENDAR KUMAR GOYAL),J PRAGATI/7