The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered the parole release of a woman convict so that she could get re-married and maintain ‘social ties’..While such instances of granting parole maybe commonplace, what makes this order interesting is that the said female convict was imprisoned for murdering her own husband with the aid of her paramour..In fact, this very argument was made by the Additional Standing Counsel when the matter came up for hearing before Ashutosh Kumar J. of the Delhi High Court..The Bench however, was inclined to grant parole, holding that.“Considering the fact that the Petitioner has two sons and a daughter who require a father figure and that Mr. Mangat Singh (her fiance) has decided to marry her, this Court is inclined to grant parole to the Petitioner for a specified period of 30 days from the date of her release.” .The lady had been convicted of offences under Section 201/34/302 of the IPC and had been in prison since 2007. Her appeal against the conviction and sentencing had been dismissed by the High Court in 2014..She had applied for parole for a period of three months, in the month of June ’15 but the authorities had kept the request pending, without giving any reasons for declining/accepting the parole application. It is against this inaction the Petitioner moved a criminal writ petition before the Single Bench.
The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered the parole release of a woman convict so that she could get re-married and maintain ‘social ties’..While such instances of granting parole maybe commonplace, what makes this order interesting is that the said female convict was imprisoned for murdering her own husband with the aid of her paramour..In fact, this very argument was made by the Additional Standing Counsel when the matter came up for hearing before Ashutosh Kumar J. of the Delhi High Court..The Bench however, was inclined to grant parole, holding that.“Considering the fact that the Petitioner has two sons and a daughter who require a father figure and that Mr. Mangat Singh (her fiance) has decided to marry her, this Court is inclined to grant parole to the Petitioner for a specified period of 30 days from the date of her release.” .The lady had been convicted of offences under Section 201/34/302 of the IPC and had been in prison since 2007. Her appeal against the conviction and sentencing had been dismissed by the High Court in 2014..She had applied for parole for a period of three months, in the month of June ’15 but the authorities had kept the request pending, without giving any reasons for declining/accepting the parole application. It is against this inaction the Petitioner moved a criminal writ petition before the Single Bench.
