PRAMOD SHANKAR JADHAV Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and, with the consent of the counsels for the parties, heard fnally.

(2.) The petitioner, who is a life convict, takes exception to the order dated 18th May, 2021 passed by the Superintendent, Kolhapur Central Prison, Kalamba whereby the prayer of the petitioner to release him on emergency Covid 19 parole under Rule 19(1)(c)(ii) of the Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959 (the Rules, 1959) came to be rejected.

(3.) The petition arises in the backdrop of the following facts.