IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 29 OF 2009 RAJENDRA @ RAJAN SINGH PRESENTLY LODGED AT CENTRAL JAIL AGUADA ... Petitioner Versus THE STATE OF GOA THROUGH UNDER SECRETARY HOME DEPARTMENT AND 2 ORS., ... Respondents Ms. Caroline Collasso, Advocate for the Petitioner. Ms. Winnie Coutinho, Public Prosecutor for the Respondents. Coram:- N. A. BRITTO, J. Date:- 10th June, 2009 P.C.:- Heard learned Counsel on behalf of the Petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondents. The mother of the prisoner who is the Petitioner herein had applied for parole of 20 days so as to enable the Petitioner to perform the last rites of the Petitioner's father. The impugned Order shows that the Petitioner's father i.e. the Applicant's husband expired on 14-8-2008, and in fact the last rites were performed by the Applicant's younger son by name Jeetender Singh although the Petitioner herein, being the elder son had also attended cremation ceremony. The application was rejected by the Inspector General of Prisons stating that the Petitioner's mother's request could not be entertained as the religious rites towards the Applicant's husband, were already performed by her younger son. In my view, the rejection of the application could not be faulted. On behalf of the Petitioner, it is submitted that the Petitioner's mother wanted the Petitioner to perform the ceremony of immersion of ashes, after the expiry of 12 days of the death of the Petitioner's father. If that be so, it was the said reason that was required to be stated in the application filed. In my view, there is no merit in this petition, and accordingly the same is hereby dismissed. N. A. BRITTO, J. RD.