Criminal Misc. No.M-22455 of 2008 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-22455 of 2008 Date of decision : 9.9.2008 Tejinder Verma alias Happy ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Ms. B.P.K.Brar, Advocate for petitioner Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab S. D. ANAND, J. Notice of motion. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of respondents. The parole plea of the petitioner-prisoner was declined by the competent authority in view of the fact that petitioner-prisoner had committed a jail offence during the period of incarceration. The allegation in the case was that he was found in possession of a mobile phone. At the time of motion hearing, learned counsel petitioner argues invalidation of the impugned order on the plea that request for release of the petitioner- prisoner on parole, in any case, should not be declined to him for the entire period of sentence. Learned State counsel is not in a position to contest the averment at the bar that a petitioner-prisoner would be denied parole for a period of one year only if he commits a jail offence during the period of his lodgment in the jail. Criminal Misc. No.M-22455 of 2008 -2- **** The petition shall stand allowed. The impugned order dated 23.8.2008 ( Annexure P/2) is set aside. The competent authority is directed to pass an order afresh within fifteen days from today in the light of the above observations made by this Court. The State counsel shall communicate this order to the competent authority. September 09, 2008 (S. D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE