Criminal Misc. No.M-25652 of 2008 -1- *** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-25652 of 2008 Date of decision : 30.9.2008 Rajender .....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. V.S.Rana, Advocate for the petitioner. **** S. D. ANAND, J. Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr. S.S.Mor, learned Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana accepts notice on behalf of the State. The petitioner-prisoner applied for his release for four weeks on emergency parole in order to enable him to deposit the school fee of his children and also to fulfill certain other formalities pertaining to the admission of his children to the school. His request was declined by the competent authority on the premise that he was a convict under the NDPS, Act. The view that a petitioner-prisoner, undergoing imprisonment on conviction for smuggling of narcotic substances, cannot be released on parole had already been negatived by a judgment rendered by this Court in Criminal Writ No. 1157 of 2006 (Sukhwinder Singh @ Titto Vs. State of Punjab) decided on 10.8.2007. The petition shall stand allowed. Criminal Misc. No.M-25652 of 2008 -2- *** The competent authority is directed to pass an order afresh, within a period of fifteen days from today, in the light of the observations made by this Court in Sukhwinder Singh @ Titto's case (supra). It will be for the State counsel to communicate the order to the competent authority. Copy of the order be given to the learned State counsel under the signatures of the Court Secretary. September 30, 2008 (S. D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE