IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. W.P. No. 849 of 2010 DATE OF DECISION : 20.05.2010 Rakesh Kumar .... PETITIONER Versus The State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JORA SINGH Present: Mr. A.S. Trikha, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner is a life convict and is undergoing his sentence in Central Jail, Ludhiana. He had applied to the appropriate authority for grant of interim parole under the Punjab Good Conduct (Temporary Release) Act, 1962. The Superintendent, Central Jail, Jalandhar, vide order dated 16.3.2010, has accepted his prayer and ordered for his temporary release on parole for four weeks, subject to the following conditions : (i) In addition to the normal surety the Sarpanch or a Panch of the Gram Panchayat should stand surety for the petitioner for an amount of Rs. 1,00,000/-. (ii) He shall report to the police station of his residential area on every Monday at 10.30 A.M during his period of parole and shall leave the Police Station only on the written permission of a responsible official of the Police Station; and Crl. W. P. No. 849 of 2010 -2- (iii) If the petitioner prefers any request for parole in future he shall attach the documents to show the compliance of the above order. It is the case of the petitioner that when he approached the Panch and the Sarpanch for standing surety for him for an amount of Rs. 1,00,000/-, they refused on the ground that they are not in a position to give surety of Rs.1,00,000/-. Thereafter, without first approaching the authority, who imposed the said condition, the petitioner has filed the instant petition. We are of the opinion that in the aforesaid circumstances, the petitioner should have first approached the aforesaid authority by mentioning the fact that the said Sarpanch and the Panch are not ready to stand surety for him, therefore, the said condition be modified and the petitioner be permitted to give surety of any other resident of the village. Instead of doing so, he has filed the instant petition. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to approach the Superintendent, Central Jail, Jalandhar, seeking modification of the aforesaid condition and if any such application is filed within one week from today, the same shall be considered by the concerned authority within a further period of one week. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE May 20, 2010 ( JORA SINGH ) ndj JUDGE