- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:45803 WP No. 30678 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 11TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ WRIT PETITION NO. 30678 OF 2025 (GM-POLICE) BETWEEN: SMT POOJA S D/O SHIVAKUMAR H P AGED 29 YEARS, R/AT 5TH CROSS, BEHIND JAYALAKSHMI TALKIES, INDIRA COLONY, GUTHAL COLONY KRISHNARAJAPET, MANDYA DISTRICT 571403 (WIFE OF CONVICT PRISONER NO.15253, WHO IS CURRENTLY SERVING LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN CENTRAL PRISON, BENGALURU) …PETITIONER (BY SRI. VIJAYA PRASSAD, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA REP BY ITS SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME, VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU 560001. 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE KARNATAKA PRISONS AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES NO.9, SHESHADRI ROAD, GANDHI NAGAR BENGALURU 560009. 3. THE CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT CENTRAL PRISON, PARAPPA AGRAHARA BENGALURU 560100. …RESPONDENTS Digitally signed by SHWETHA RAGHAVENDRA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:45803 WP No. 30678 of 2025 (BY SMT. K.P. YASHODHA, AGA) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO EXTEND THE GENERAL PAROLE GRANTED BY THIS HONORABLE COURT BY 60 DAYS TO THE CONVICT SRI. CHANDAN D S/O LATE DEVARAJU (CTP NO. 15253) FROM 11/09/2025 AND ETC. THIS WRIT PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN ‘B’ GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ ORAL ORDER 1. The wife of detenu - Chandan D (CTP 15253) is before this Court seeking for the following reliefs: a. Extend the general parole granted by this Hon’ble Court by 60 days to the convict, Sri. Chandan D S/o Late Devaraju (CTP No.15253) from 11.09.2023. b. Pass such other order’s, direction’s considering the facts and circumstances of the case, together with costs, in the interest of justice. 2. The detenu had been convicted for offences under Section 143, 147, 148, 341 r/w 149 of IPC and 149, 302 and 120B of IPC in SC No.87/2019 by IV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mandya and sentenced on 02.04.2025, highest of the sentence being for life imprisonment. The detenu was granted - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:45803 WP No. 30678 of 2025 parole on 10.09.2025 on account of his marriage for a period of 30 days. The detenu has thereafter surrendered himself before the jail authorities and the present petition has been filed for extension of parole. 3. Though the learned AGA opposes the grant of extension of parole on the ground that the detenu has surrendered himself before the jail authorities and there is required to be a gap of at least six months before a fresh application were to be considered. 4. I am of the considered opinion that the detenu having been released on parole, having complied with the conditions which had been imposed and surrendered to the jail authorities, the earlier parole having been granted on account of his marriage, it would be in the interest of justice that the parole of the detenu is extended by a further period of 60 - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:45803 WP No. 30678 of 2025 days. In that view of the matter, I pass the following: ORDER i) The Writ Petition is allowed. ii) Respondent No.2 – Chief Superintendent, Central Prison, Bangalore, is directed to release Chandan D, CTP 15253, on parole for a period of 60 days commencing from 17.11.2025 or from the date of release, whichever is earlier, subject to the following conditions: a) The convict shall mark his attendance in the jurisdictional Police Station, weekly once throughout the period of his parole and it would be the responsibility of the jurisdictional Police to take him to gaol, in the event, the convict would evade going back to the gaol, after the expiry of the period of parole. - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:45803 WP No. 30678 of 2025 b) Respondent No.1 shall stipulate strict conditions as are usually stipulated to ensure return of the detenu to the gaol and that he shall not commit any other offence during the period of parole. iii) The Registry is directed to communicate the order to the prison authority for its immediate execution. SD/- (SURAJ GOVINDARAJ) JUDGE PRS List No.: 2 Sl No.: 14