- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:10636 WP No. 2328 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA WRIT PETITION NO. 2328 OF 2025 (GM-POLICE) BETWEEN: RATHNAMMA W/O RAMESHA M/O KESHAVA CPT NO.12089 AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS R/O HODALI KOLAR KARNATAKA - 563138 …PETITIONER (BY SRI. UMME SALMA, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA HOME DEPARTMENT, THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECRETARY VIDHANA SOUDHA BENGALURU - 560001. 2. CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT CENTRAL PRISON BANGALORE - 560100 …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. RAHUL CARIAPPA, AGA) THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE RESPONDENT NO.2 TO RELEASE THE PETITIONER S SON NAMED KESHAVA CTP NO.12089 ON GENERAL PAROLE FOR A PERIOD OF 90 DAYS IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: Digitally signed by NAGAVENI Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:10636 WP No. 2328 of 2025 CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER Heard Smt. Umme Salma, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Sri. Rahul Cariappa, the learned Additional Government Advocate, appearing for the respondents. 2. The petitioner - mother of the convict is at the doors of this Court seeking grant of general parole for her son for the first time throughout the son being in judicial custody. The son of the petitioner gets embroiled in a crime, which is tried as S.C No.106 of 2019 and is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, out of which, the son of the petitioner has now completed close to 6 years 7 months and does not sort parole even once. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the reason for seeking general parole is, growing of crops in the land, which the mother by herself cannot undertake. - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:10636 WP No. 2328 of 2025 4. In that light, I deem it appropriate to grant the son of the petitioner general parole for a period of 60 days from the forenoon of 17.03.2025 upto the evening of 15.05.2025. 5. For the aforesaid reasons, the following: ORDER (i) The Writ Petition is allowed in part. (ii) Mandamus issues respondent No.2 to consider the representation of the petitioner and release the son of the petitioner on general parole for 60 days, from the forenoon of 17.03.2025 upto the evening of 15.05.2025. (iii) Respondent No.2 shall stipulate strict conditions as are usually stipulated, to ensure the return of the detenue (CTP No.12089) to the gaol and that he shall not commit any other offence during the period of general parole. (iv) The detenue (CTP No.12089) shall mark his attendance in the jurisdictional police station, weekly once throughout the period of his general parole and it would be the responsibility of the jurisdictional police to take him to gaol, in the - 4 - NC: 2025:KHC:10636 WP No. 2328 of 2025 event, the detenue would evade going back to the gaol, after the expiry of the period of general parole. (v) Registry is directed to communicate this order to respondent No.2, by way of electronic mail, forthwith. (vi) The detenue is at liberty to seek extension of parole, which shall be considered looking at the conduct of the convict while he is out on general parole. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE KG List No.: 1 Sl No.: 24