RINKU SINGH Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) INCARCERATED in Central Jail Bikaner, a convicted prisoner, Rinku Singh, has sent a letter to this Court which has been treated as a letter petition by this Court.

(2.) THE petitioner informs this Court that he has been sentenced to life imprisonment; he is behind the bars for last five years. He further informs this Court that his conduct in the jail is quite satisfactory. He also informs this Court that he has filed an application for his release on first parole of twenty days before the District Parole Committee. However, vide order dated 25.06.2012, the said application has been rejected ostensibly on the ground of adverse police report. He prays that he may be released on first parole of twenty days to look after his minor son and his ancestral property.

(3.) IN catena of cases, both the Hon'ble Supreme Court and this Court have repeatedly held that a mechanical report should not be accepted ipsi dixi by the District Parole Committee or by the Advisory Committee. The concerned authorities should be alive both to the philosophy behind parole as well as to the constitutional mandate. The accused has a right to re-establish his links with his family during his furlough. The said right cannot be denied to him in an arbitrary and unfair manner.