Crl..W.P. No. 1281 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal W.P. No.2421 of 2010(O&M) Date of Decision : 21.01.2011 Jang Bahadur Singh ..... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mrs. B.P.K.Brar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Ranvir S. Chauhan,DAG, Punjab, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J.(Oral) Petitioner is undergoing rigorous imprisonment for a period of ten years in case bearing First Information Report No.208 dated October 1st, 2007 under Section 15 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station Fatehgarh Sahib. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that the petitioner is in custody since 2007. He was not released on parole/furlough till date. His case to release him on parole was dismissed by the Director General of Police (Jails), Punjab vide order dated January 1st, 2010 (Annexure P-2/T) on the ground that wife of the petitioner in her statement made to the Police stated that the petitioner was addicted to intoxicant and is of quarrelsome nature. To the similar effect is the statement of Budh Ram, Municipal Councillor, Municipal Council, Amloh. 3. In considered opinion of this Court, both the grounds on which the parole has been rejected are not cogent Crl..W.P. No. 1281 of 2010 2 particularly when he is confined in jail since 2007. 4. In view of this, the State is directed to reconsider the case of the petitioner afresh in the light of the above observations. 5. Disposed of. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 21.1.2011 som