IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. W.P. No. 1278 of 2010 DATE OF DECISION : 12.07.2010 Daljit Singh .... PETITIONER Versus The State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHINDER PAL Present: Mr. A.S. Trikha, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) Petitioner Daljit Singh is a life convict and is undergoing his sentence in Central Jail, Ludhiana. It is the case of the petitioner that vide order dated 3.3.2010 (Annexure P-1), passed by the Director General of Police (Jails), Chandigarh, he has been ordered to be released on four weeks' parole under the provisions of the Punjab Good Conduct (Temporary Release) Act, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as `the Act'), subject to the following three conditions : (i) In addition to normal surety the Sarpanch and Panch should stand surety for the petitioner for Rs. 1 lac. (ii) He shall report to the police station of his residential area on every Monday at 10.30 A.M during his period of parole and Crl. W. P. No. 1278 of 2010 -2- shall leave the Police Station only on the written permission of official of the Police Station; and (iii) If the petitioner prefers any parole in future he shall attach the document to show the compliance of the above order. The petitioner has filed the instant petition for modification/ deletion of the aforesaid conditions on the ground that by imposing the aforesaid onerous conditions, which according to the petitioner could not have been imposed under the provisions of the Act, the petitioner has virtually been denied the benefit of parole. Before filing the instant petition, the petitioner has not approached the Director General of Police (Jails) Punjab, Chandigarh, for modification/deletion of the aforesaid conditions. Learned counsel for the petitioner has relied upon an order dated 20.5.2010, passed by this Court in Crl. W.P. No. 849 of 2010 (Rakesh Kumar v. The State of Punjab and others), whereby the petitioner in that case was granted liberty to approach the authority, which imposed the conditions for his release on parole. After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner and in the facts and circumstances of the case, at this stage, this petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to move an appropriate application before the Director General of Police (Jails) Punjab, Chandigarh, for deletion/ modification of the aforesaid conditions. If such an application is filed by the petitioner himself or through his Advocate or relative, within a period of ten days from today, the Director General of Police (Jails) Punjab, is Crl. W. P. No. 1278 of 2010 -3- directed to consider the same in light of the objects and purposes for parole to the convicts under the provisions of the Act, and shall decide the same by passing a speaking order, within a further period of ten days. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE July 12, 2010 ( MOHINDER PAL ) ndj JUDGE