Crl. W. P. No. 623 of 2011(O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.- Crl. W. P. No. 623 of 2011(O&M) Date of decision:-March 16, 2011 Balbir Singh ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab etc. ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present:- Mr. S.S.Rana, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. P.S.Bajwa, DAG, Punjab. Gurdev Singh, J (oral) Heard. The petitioner/prisoner, Balbir Chand, has filed this criminal writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the issuance of a direction to grant him emergency parole for four weeks' under Section 3(1) (b) of the Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1962, for enabling him to attend and perform the marriage of his son, after quashing the impugned order, Annexure P1; being illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice. According to the petitioner the marriage of his son is to be performed on 26.3.2011 and in connection therewith he applied for emergency parole for four weeks'. The police got conducted an enquiry regarding the genuineness of the cause of parole and found it to be correct and still his application was rejected, vide Annexure P1. Crl. W. P. No. 623 of 2011(O&M) -2- It has been pointed out by the learned State counsel that the application, which was so rejected, was given by the petitioner for meeting his family members. He has produced the original records in the Court. A perusal thereof shows that on 2.12.2010 the petitioner moved an application for parole on the ground that he wanted to meet his family members. That application was sent to the District Magistrate and was endorsed to Director General of Police, vide endorsement No.15715 dated 8.12.2010. It was that application, which was rejected vide Annexure P1. It is not the case of the petitioner that the application has been illegally refused, which was moved on the ground that he wanted to meet his family members. It was pointed out by learned State counsel that the application, which has been given by the petitioner for releasing him on parole on the ground of the marriage of his son, has still not been decided and the report of the District Magistrate is awaited. This writ petition having been filed on wrong facts is dismissed without prejudice to the rights of the petitioner to challenge the order, if any, passed on his application, which finds mentioned in the present petition and which has been filed for the grant of parole on the ground of the marriage of his son. March 16, 2011 (Gurdev Singh) tripti Judge