Order on Board

07/12/2020

1.Heard on admission.

2.Admit.

3.Issue notice to the respondents.

4.Mr. Ravi Bhagat accepts notice on behalf of the respondents/State.

5.With the consent of the parties, the matter is heard finally.

6.Ms. Rajni Soren, learned counsel for the petitioner, would submit that petitioner is in jail since 11 years and he has not been granted the leave on parole even once for the aforesaid period, yet his application for grant of leave on parole under Rule 4 and 6 of the Chhattisgarh Prisoners Leave Rules, 1989 (in short, “the rules, 1989”) has been rejected by learned District Magistrate vide the impugned order merely on the basis of agreeing to the police report submitted by the S.P., Dhamtari and no reason for rejecting his application has been assigned by him as such and further the decision rendered by this Court in the matter of Rakesh Shende v. State of Chhattisgarh1 has also not been complied with.

7.Mr. Ravi Bhagat, learned State counsel, would support the impugned order.

8.I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the records.

1 WPCR No. 29/2016 decided on 18/11/2016

9.In the matter of Rakesh Shende (supra), this Court has held as under :-

“In exercis