IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. W.P. No. 1238 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION : 03.06.2011 Jaswant Singh .... PETITIONER Versus State of Haryana and another ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M. JEYAPAUL Present : Mr. V.D. Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) Petitioner Jaswant Singh, who is a life convict and undergoing sentence in District Jail, Kurukshetra, has filed this petition for his release on parole for six weeks, to enable him to attend his wife during her delivery period. It is the case of the petitioner that in this regard, his wife had moved an application (Annexure P-2) before the Superintendent, District Jail, Kurukshetra (respondent No.2 herein), on 1.5.2011 and thereafter, another application (Annexure P-3) was sent on 17.5.2011, but till date, the said prayer has not been considered by the jail authorities. After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner, in view of the aforesaid facts, we deem it appropriate to dispose of this petition with a Crl. W.P. No. 1238 of 2011 -2- direction to respondent No.2 to consider the aforesaid prayer of the wife of the petitioner, expeditiously, on merits in accordance with law. Ordered accordingly. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE June 03, 2011 ( M. JEYAPAUL ) ndj JUDGE