- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:33848 WP No. 16107 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 6TH DAY OF JULY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ WRIT PETITION NO. 16107 OF 2026 (GM-POLICE) BETWEEN: MALLIKARJUNA C/O SAI. BANNA, AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS R/AT # 16, 6TH CROSS CHANNAMMA NARAYANAPPA LAYOUT, DODDABETTANAHALLI, VIDYARANYAPURA, BENGALURU NORTH, BENGALURU-560097. REPRESENTED TO THE ACCUSED NO.8 ANKUSH KUMAR, S/O MALLIKARJUNA, AGED ABOUT 24 YEARS, (NOW SERVING SENTENCE IN CENTRAL PRISON BENGALURU CTP 15042) …PETITIONER (BY SRI. VINAYA B R.,ADVOCATE) AND: 1. 2. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY DODDABELAVANGALA POLICE STATION, BANGALORE-560106. ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME AND PRISON Digitally signed by SHWETHA RAGHAVENDRA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:33848 WP No. 16107 of 2026 3. 4. VIDHANA SOUDHA, BANGALORE-560001. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND INSPECTOR GENERAL OF PRISON AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES NO.4 SESHADRI ROAD, BANGALORE-560009. CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT, CENTRAL PRISON, PARAPPANAAGRAHARA BANGALORE-5600100 …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. C.H. DEVARAJ., GA) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT OF CERTIORARI OR A WRIT OR ORDER OR DIRECTION OF APPROPRIATE IN NATURE IN QUASHING THE ENDORSEMENT DATED 03.03.2026 IN CPB/CTP-SEC/832/2026 AS PER ANNEXURE-A AS ILLEGAL, ARBITRARY AND OPPRESSIVE 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 petitioner – father of the detenu – Ankush Kumar (CTP No.15042) is before this Court seeking for the following reliefs: 1. Issue a writ of certiorari or a writ or order or direction of appropriate in nature in quashing the Endorsement dated 03.03.2026 CPB/CTP- Sec/832/2026 as per ANNEXURE-'A' as illegal, arbitrary and oppressive - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:33848 WP No. 16107 of 2026 2. To issue a writ of mandamus or a writ or direction of appropriate in nature directing the respondents to grant 3 months Parole to Ankush Kumar, S/o Mallikarjuna, (CTP 15042), on such terms and conditions, and 3. To issue a writ or order or direction of appropriate in nature granting such other relief or reliefs as this Hon'ble Court deems fit, to grant in the ends of Justice 2. The detenu had been convicted in S.C.No.10005/2021 for offences under Section 506, 120(B), 201, 396, 323 of IPC by the IV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bangalore Rural District, Sit at Doddaballapura and sentenced on 15.01.2025 with the highest of the sentence being imprisonment for life. The detenu has served a period of 5 years 5 months 27 days of imprisonment as on 11.03.2026. The petitioner having made an application for parole, the same came to be rejected on the ground that there is another criminal case pending against the detenu in Crime No.190/2022, now CC No.95/2024, for offences under 309 and 511 of IPC. 3. A perusal of the police report indicates that it deals with the conviction of the detenu and does not cover any issue as regards the petitioner is at flight risk - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:33848 WP No. 16107 of 2026 and or could cause any harm or injury to the victim/s or victim/s causing any harm to the detenu. 4. This Court is also of the concerned opinion that pendency of the proceedings would not come in the way of consideration of the present parole application. 5. In that view of the matter, taking into consideration the conduct of the detenu has been satisfactory while incarcerated, there is no particular complaint against the detenu, this Court passes the following: ORDER i) The Writ Petition is allowed. ii) The concerned respondent is directed to release the detenu - Ankush Kumar (CTP No.15042) on parole for a period of 30 days commencing from 20.07.2026, subject to the following conditions: a) The detenu 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 them to gaol, in the event, the detenu would evade going - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:33848 WP No. 16107 of 2026 back to the gaol, after the expiry of the period of parole. b) Respondent No.1- State of Karnataka 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. iv) The petitioner and family members of the detenu to comply with all other formalities before the date fixed for release. Sd/- (SURAJ GOVINDARAJ) JUDGE PRS List No.: 2 Sl No.: 18