ANGREJ SINGH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner, who is a life convict under Sections 302/323/149/144 IPC, was granted parole from 6.10.2005 to 4.11.2005 for carrying out the repairs of his house. Thereafter, he again applied for his temporary release on parole for the same purpose, namely, the repair of his house. His application has been turned down by the Director General of Prisons, Haryana by passing a speaking order dated 4.6.2006 (Annexure P-1) on the ground that he has already availed parole for house repair.

(2.) AGGRIEVED , the petitioner has filed the present petition in which apart from impugning the aforesaid order, he also seeks a direction to the respondents to grant him parole for house repairs. In response to the notice, written statement has been filed by the Superintendent District Jail, Jind in which the same plea as mentioned in the order (Annexure P-1) has been reiterated. On the other hand, learned counsel for the petitioner relies upon an alleged report made by the Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat, Mowana, Block Safidon, District Jind (Annexure P-2) in which it is claimed that the house of the petitioner is in bad condition. According to learned counsel for the petitioner, all the repairs could not be carried out during the period of the previous parole.

(3.) UNFORTUNATELY , the authorities of the respondent State, while filing their reply, do not deal with such resolutions/reports, given by the Gram Panchayat as to whether the same are genuine or forged and whether the Sarpanch/Members of the Gram Panchayat have truthfully reported the factual position or not.