IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
AT CHANDIGARH
Criminal Misc. No.M-18412 of 2008
Date of decision : 21.10.2008
Mukesh .....Petitioner
Versus
State of Haryana etc. ...Respondents
CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND
Present: Mr.H.S.Jaswal, Advocate for the petitioner.
Mr. S.S.Mor, Senior Deputy Advocate
General, Haryana for respondent-State.
S. D. ANAND, J.
The counter filed on behalf of respondents No. l to 3 is taken
on record.
The parole plea of the petitioner-prisoner was declined by the
impugned order just on the premise that he had already availed of parole
during the current year itself.
Learned State counsel, in a touch of rule-related fairness,
concedes that a prisoner can be allowed parole twice in a year.
In view thereof, the impugned obviously deserves to be
negatived and it is so ordered accordingly. The petition shall stand allowed
accordingly. The impugned order is set aside. The competent authority is
directed to pass an order afresh, within fifteen days from today, in the light
of the above observations made by this Court. It will be for the State
counsel to communicate the order to the competent authority.
Copy of the order be given to the learned State counsel under
the signatures of the Court Secretary.
October 21, 2008 (S.D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE