IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. W.P. No. 246 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION : 02.02.2011 Kanwar Singh alias Kanwar .... PETITIONER Versus State of Haryana and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M. JEYAPAUL Present: Mr. B.S. Sewak, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) Petitioner Kanwar Singh alias Kanwar, who is a life convict, has filed this petition for issuing direction to the respondents to release him on parole for four weeks for making arrangements and to attend the first Barsi (death anniversary) of his late father. It is the case of the petitioner that the application dated 15.1.2011 (Annexure P-2), submitted by him, for the aforesaid relief, is pending before the authorities. Undisputedly, the petitioner has been convicted on 6.4.2010 and as per Rule 4 (1) of the Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners(Temporary Release) Rules, 2007, prayer of a convict for grant of parole can be considered only on completion of one year of his Crl. W.P. No. 246 of 2011 -2- imprisonment after conviction. In view of the aforesaid legal position, we do not find any ground to issue the aforesaid direction. Dismissed. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE February 02, 2011 ( M. JEYAPAUL ) ndj JUDGE