Crl..W.P. No. 1356 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal W.P. No.1356 of 2010(O&M) Date of Decision : 20.01.2011 Ravikant Sharma ..... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Deepak Garg, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Latika Rao, DAG, Haryana, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J.(Oral) Ravikant Sharma is undergoing imprisonment for life in case registered against him vide First Information Report No. 137 of 1999 under Sections 302 and 392 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code, Police Station Sadar Palwal. He filed application before the Superintendent, District Jail, Gurgaon to release him on parole. By order dated January 28th, 2009 (Annexure P/1), Commissioner Gurgaon Division, Gurgaon directed his temporary release for a period of four weeks subject to his furnishing bond and two sureties in the sum of Rs.2 lacs each. 2. The grievance of the petitioner is that the amount of sureties is on higher side. 3. Rule 11 of the Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Rules, 2007 (for short, “the Rules, 2007”) envisages that in case of convicts of offences of “murder, rape, rape with murder, murder for dowry, dacoity and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 or any other heinous crime, Crl..W.P. No. 1356 of 2010 2 surety shall be from One lac rupees to two lac rupees as per discretion of the releasing authority accepting the surety bonds etc.” 4. In view of the above, the petition is disposed of with a direction to the Commissioner, Gurgaon Division, Gurgaon to reconsider the case of the petitioner in the light of Rule 11 of the Rules, 2007. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 20.1.2011 som