High Court of DelhiW.P.(CRL)/1283/2015

Surender @ Sonu Punjabi v. State NCT Of Delhi

2015-10-05Hon'Ble Mr. Justice Ashutosh Kumar2 pages

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ W.P.(CRL) 1283/2015 SURENDER @ SONU PUNJABI ..... Petitioner Through:

Mr.K.Singhal, Advocate.

versus STATE NCT OF DELHI ..... Respondent Through:

Mr.Rahul Mehra, Standing Counsel (Crl.) with Mr.Jamal Akhtar, Advocate.

SI Dinesh Dahiya, P.S.Sultanpuri.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR

O R D E R

% 05.10.2015 The petitioner was convicted by the Trial Court for the offence of murder and he was sentenced for life. In the appeal, the sentence awarded to the petitioner has been reduced to a period of eight years and his conviction has been altered to one under Section 304 IPC. The father of the petitioner is old and requires medical attention. For that purpose the petitioner tried to seek parole by attempting to send his petition to the competent authority through jail authorities but such prayer/application was not forwarded. The petitioner thereafter used the services of his friend to prefer a petition before the competent authority for his release on parole which was filed on 03.06.2015.

It has been submitted at the bar that the aforesaid application has not been acted upon and no order has been passed by the competent authority.

The petitioner, with reference to the nominal roll submits that out of eight years of sentence, he has already undergone the sentence for about seven years by now.

Considering that the overall conduct of the petitioner in jail has been satisfactory and that he has almost served the sentence, this Court is inclined to release the petitioner on parole for a specified period for attending to his ailing father.

Let the petitioner be released on parole for a period of 30 days from the date of his release on his furnishing a bond in the sum of Rs.5000/- with one surety of like amount to the satisfaction of the Trial Court. The petitioner, on being released would furnish his mobile telephone number as also the mobile telephone number of his surety to the SHO of the concerned police station. The petitioner, needless to say must surrender before the jail authorities on or before the time of parole expires. With these observations, the petition stands disposed of. Dasti.

A copy of this order be communicated to the Superintendent of the concerned Jail for information and compliance. ASHUTOSH KUMAR, J OCTOBER 05, 2015 k