JAGSEER SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJ

JUDGEMENT

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

(2.) THE petitioner has pleaded that vide order dated 18.03.1011, the District Parole Committee had granted him first parole for twenty days. However, it has directed him to furnish two verified sureties of Rs.50,000/- each and a personal bond of Rs.50,000/-. He informs this Court that his family is too poor. Due to his poverty, the family cannot procure two sureties. At best, he can furnish a personal bond but that, too, of a reduced amount. THErefore, he has prayed that the requirement of furnishing two sureties be dispensed with and amount of personal bond be reduced.

(3.) THEREFORE, this court modifies the order dated 18.03.2011 qua the petitioner: the condition of furnishing two sureties is reduced to one surety and the amount of surety is also reduced from 50,000/- to Rs.25,000/-. The amount of personal bond is also reduced from Rs.50,000/- to Rs.25,000/-.