IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. W.P. No. 114 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION : 25.01.2011 Ramesh Singh .... PETITIONER Versus State of Haryana and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Rahul Deswal, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) Petitioner Ramesh Singh, who is a life convict and is undergoing sentence in District Jail, Karnal, has filed this petition for issuing direction to the respondents to release him on parole under Section 3 (1) (d) of the Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1988, in order to re-activate his pension account. As per Rule 4 (1) of the Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Rules, 2007, prayer of an accused for grant of parole can be considered only on completion of one year after his conviction. In this case, since the petitioner was convicted on 12.10.2010 and sentenced on 15.10.2010, therefore, he has not completed one year after conviction, Crl. W.P. No. 114 of 2011 -2- therefore, at this stage, his prayer for grant of parole cannot be considered. Dismissed. However, it will be open for the petitioner to pursue before the jail authorities his case regarding re-activation of his pension account. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE January 25, 2011 ( NAWAB SINGH ) ndj JUDGE