- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:10638 WP No. 6612 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. 6612 OF 2025 (GM-POLICE) BETWEEN: SRI. PAVAN S/O SURESH AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS, RESIDING AT C/O PREMKUMAR HOUSE ROJIPURA, DODDABALLAPURA TALUK BENGALURU RURAL, BENGALURU - 561203 …PETITIONER (BY SRI. SUNIL KUMAR S., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY DODDABALLAPURA TOWN P.S. REPRESENTED BY, STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT BUILDING, BENGALURU - 560 001 Digitally signed by NAGAVENI Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:10638 WP No. 6612 of 2025 2. DIRECTOR GENERAL AND INSPECTOR GENERAL OF PRISONS NO.04, SESHADRI ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 009 3. SUPERINTENDENT, CENTRAL PRISON, PARAPPANA AGRAHARA, ELECTRONIC CITY, BENGALURU - 560 100 …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. RAHUL CARIAPPA, AGA) THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE IMPUGNED ENDORSEMENT DTD. 19.02.2025 BEARING NO.CPB/CTP - SEC/20711/2025 VIDE AT ANNX-A AND CONSEQUENTLY DIRECT THE R-3 TO RELEASE THE PETITIONER ON GENERAL PAROLE FOR A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:10638 WP No. 6612 of 2025 CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER The petitioner - a convict, is at the doors of this Court seeking his release on grant of parole. 2. Heard the learned counsel Sri.Sunil Kumar S., appearing for the petitioner and the learned Additional Government Advocate Sri.Rahul Cariappa, appearing for the respondents. 3. The petitioner gets embroiled in a crime and is convicted in S.C. No.10001 of 2019 on 25.01.2025 and has now undergone imprisonment including the under trial period for a period of 6 years and 9 months and 2 days. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is seeking parole for the first time in all these close to 7 years and for the reason that his father is now - 4 - NC: 2025:KHC:10638 WP No. 6612 of 2025 become terminally ill on account of cancer and therefore, he needs to be with the father at this stage of illness. 5. The Learned AGA would refute the submissions contending that the petitioner should not be released on parole as he has four other cases pending in which body warrants are operating against the petitioner. Be these submissions as they are. 6. The petitioner is wanting released on parole is for the reason that the father is now terminally ill with cancer and has produced documents to that effect. In that light, I deem it appropriate to grant the petitioner, not general parole but emergency parole for a period of 15 days from the forenoon of 15.03.2025 upto the evening of 29.03.2025. 7. For the aforesaid reasons, the following: ORDER (i) The Writ Petition is allowed in part; - 5 - NC: 2025:KHC:10638 WP No. 6612 of 2025 (ii) The impugned endorsement dated 19.02.2025 bearing No.CPB/CTP - Sec/20711/2025 issued by respondent No.3 stands quashed. (iii) Mandamus issues respondents No.2 and 3 to consider the representation of the petitioner and release the petitioner on emergency parole for 15 days, from the forenoon of 15.03.2025 upto the evening of 29.03.2025. (iv) The respondents No.2 and 3 shall stipulate strict conditions as are usually stipulated, to ensure the return of the detenue (CTP No.15081) to the gaol and that he shall not commit any other offence during the period of emergency parole. (v) The petitioner (CTP No.15081) shall mark his attendance in the jurisdictional police station, weekly once throughout the period of his emergency parole and it would be the responsibility of the jurisdictional police to take him to gaol, in the event, the petitioner would evade going back to the gaol, after the expiry of the period of emergency parole. (vi) Registry is directed to communicate this order to respondent Nos.2 and 3, by way of electronic mail, forthwith. - 6 - NC: 2025:KHC:10638 WP No. 6612 of 2025 (vii) The petitioner is at liberty to seek extension of parole, which shall be considered looking at the conduct of the petitioner – convict while he is out on emergency parole. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE KG List No.: 1 Sl No.: 33