Criminal Writ Petition No.1482 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition No.1482 of 2011 Date of Decision : 4th August, 2011 Darshan Singh .... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & another .... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL. Present: Mr. B. S. Baath, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for respondents. * * * * L.N.MITTAL, J. (ORAL) Crl. Misc. No.783 of 2011: Allowed as prayed for. Crl. Misc. No.782 of 2011: The application is allowed and Annexure P-4 and P-5 are taken on record, subject to all just exceptions. Main Case: Petitioner Darshan Singh is life convict undergoing sentence in Central Jail, Gurdaspur. He was granted emergency parole by the competent authority for 15 days from 08.07.2011 to 23.07.2011. The petitioner has filed this Criminal Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for extension of said parole till 24.08.2011 on the ground that his mother is still seriously ill. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. Criminal Writ Petition No.1482 of 2011 -2- Petitioner has placed on record Annexure P-4 whereby information was supplied by Civil Surgeon to Superintendent Central Jail regarding ailment of the mother of the petitioner. Petitioner's mother Manjit Kaur aged 90 years was admitted in Civil Hospital, Gurdaspur and was diagnosed to be suffering from hyper tension/coronary artery disease/heart failure and she needed further investigation. This report is dated 26.07.2011. However, vide discharge certificate Annexure P-5 petitioner's mother was discharged on 28.07.2011 from Civil Hospital, Gurdaspur, in very serious condition and was referred to GNDH, Amritsar for angiography. Counsel for the petitioner submitted that petitioner's father has already died and there is no other male member in the family to get treatment for the petitioner's mother. It is submitted that petitioner has no brother. Keeping in view the aforesaid, the instant petition is allowed. The petitioner has already surrendered in jail on 23.07.2011 pursuant to expiry of parole period, as submitted by petitioner's counsel. In these circumstances, petitioner is ordered to be released on parole for three weeks, subject to usual terms and conditions. ( L. N. MITTAL ) JUDGE 4th August, 2011 'raj'