IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No.M-19026 of 2008 Date of Decision: August 04, 2008 Satnam Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS The State of Punjab & Another .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. B.S. Kathuria, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Kamaldeep Singh Sidhu, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) The petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking parole for two weeks to Amarjit Kaur wife of Ranjit Singh who is confined in Central Jail, Ludhiana in case FIR No.34 dated 4.1.2004 under Section 15 of the NDPS Act lodged with Police Station Raikot, District Ludhiana. Contention of the learned counsel is that marriage of the daughter of the convict namely Sukhdeep Kaur is scheduled to be solemnised on 5/6.8.2008. The presence of the convict who is the mother, would be necessary for performance of various rituals. Crl. Misc. No.M-19026 of 2008 [2] Invitation card has been placed on record as Annexure P-1. Panchayatnama issued by the Panchayat has been placed on record as Annexure P-2. Earlier, Criminal Miscellaneous No.M-18399 of 2008 seeking parole was moved, however, the same was disposed of with direction that in case the application is filed for the said purpose, the respondents shall consider and dispose of the same within 8 days from the date of filing of the application. The respondents, however, did not accept the application so that the petitioner cannot make any grievance of abuse of the order passed by this Court. Learned counsel for the respondent State says that being sensitive to the emergent nature of the matter, he had spoken to the Superintendent, Women Jail. He was assured that a report would be taken from the concerned police station and information would be sent to the Advocate General’s Office after verifying the facts given out in the petition. No instructions however have been received. Inaction on the part of the respondents speaks of their insensitive approach. Having regard to the averments made in the petition and the fact that respondents have not done the needful there being a detailed order dated 30.7.2008, the petition is allowed. The convict, Amarjit Kaur wife of Ranjit Singh would be released for two weeks’ parole on the presentation of the order passed by this Court under the signatures of the Court Secretary, however, subject Crl. Misc. No.M-19026 of 2008 [3] to heavy surety. It is made clear that the above named convict shall surrender on 18.8.2008. (AJAI LAMBA) August 04, 2008 JUDGE avin