HEERA LAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The instant petition has been registered on the letter of the convict Heera Lal undergoing imprisonment for life for offence under Section 302 I.P.C.

(2.) On 8.11.2004 the applicant sent an application through the Superintendent Central Jail, Bikaner to the District Magistrate, Sri Ganganagar, seeking direction for his release on parole on the ground of death of his father Sant Lal Sharma on 3.11.2004. As the letter was not responded by the District Magistrate, he addressed the letter dated 29.11.2004 to this Court. It was received on 14.12.2004.

(3.) A Division Bench of this Court to which one of us was a Member (N.N. Mathur, J:) considering the fact that the petitions registered on the letter of the convicts asking for the release on parole remain pending for long for the reason that the reply to such applications are not filed in time by the jail department the Court evolved a procedure to expedite the hearing of such matters. The Court directed as follows :