Munmun Kaur-
Published On: December 13, 2021 at 14:00 IST
The Karnataka High Court while granting the extension of Parole by 10 days observed, “A Writ Court cannot turn a blind eye to the human problems and the Convicts are no less the humans, merely because they are put behind the bars for serving the Sentence and thereby purging the guilt.”
The case was Pankaja Parek v. The Inspector General Of Police. In this, the Petitioner Pankaj A. Parek was spending time in jail for forgery charges. He approached the Court for extension of his Parole leave on medical grounds which were substantiated by the Medical Records/Certificates of a Government Hospital.
The Prosecution opposed his Plea on the grounds that he had sought and received Parole twice that too on different grounds.
Justice Krishna S Dixit observed, “Petitioner seeks to have medical treatment at the hands of doctors of his choice, had he contracted these ailments in the jail, perhaps, the jail authorities would have arranged for such medical treatment is true. When ailments are contracted when he is outside the jail on parole, denying the services of doctors of his choice would not be just & reasonable.”
The Court also pointed out that the charges against the Petitioner weren’t too grave and that Parole on previous occasions was granted only after verifying credentials.
The petitioner also submitted that his Parole time would be added to his Jail time so as not to discount his jail term with an undertaking that he will not seek Parole again.
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