Criminal Misc. No. M-3779 of 2009 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No. M-3779 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision:10.02.2009 Roshan Lal .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARBANS LAL Present:- Mr. B.S. Kathuria, Advocate for the petitioner. **** JUDGMENT HARBANS LAL, J. This petition has been moved by Roshan Lal under Section 482 of Cr.P.C for extension of parole for a period of six weeks in case FIR No.157 dated 23.9.2002 registered under Sections 15/61/85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 at Police Station Garhshankar, District Hoshiarpur. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner has already undergone more than three years of sentence. He had been availing the parole from time to time on previous occasions as admissible under the Punjab Jail Manual. He was lastly released on parole for four weeks by the respondent and he has to surrender accordingly before jail authorities on 11.2.2009 before 5:00 P.M. His wife is in the advanced stages of pregnancy and she has been advised complete bed rest as there is complaint of pain and discharge of bleeding. Even otherwise, she is not in a position to move about as she is having 84 Kgs of weight. The parents of the petitioner have Criminal Misc. No. M-3779 of 2009 (O&M) -2- already died. There is no other member at home to look after his wife. In these circumstances, his parole period may be extended. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner, besides perusing the record. As would be apparent from Annexure P.2, the exact date of delivery of Kamaljit Kaur, wife of the petitioner has not been given. More to the point, there may be other members of the family to look after her. As such, prima facie no ground is made out for extension of parole of the petitioner. Hence, this petition is dismissed. February 10, 2009 ( HARBANS LAL ) renu JUDGE Whether to be referred to the Reporter? No