- 1 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010836912025 NC: 2026:KHC:46287 WP No. 39672 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 27TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ WRIT PETITION NO. 39672 OF 2025 (GM-POLICE) BETWEEN: M N GEETHA, W/O MUNDODI M NANAIAH @ NANDA AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, R/AT NO.90 MARAGODU, KODAGU, KARNATAKA-571252 HUSBAND OF PETITIONER MUNDODI M NANAIAH @ NANDA CTP -00807 S/O LATE MUTHAPPA AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, PRESENTLY LODGED AT CENTRAL PRISON, MYSURU-570007 …PETITIONER (BY SRI. SIRAJUDDIN AHMED.,ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA HOME DEPARTMENT, THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECRETARY VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU-560001 2. CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT CENTRAL PRISON MYSURU-570007 3. SHO MADIKERI RURAL P.S MADIKERI-571201 (JURISDICTIONAL POLICE STATION) …RESPONDENTS Digitally signed by SHWETHA RAGHAVENDRA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010836912025 NC: 2026:KHC:46287 WP No. 39672 of 2025 (BY SRI. PANINI.A.H., AGA) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE RESPONDENT NO.2 TO RELEASE THE PETITIONERS HUSBAND MUNDODI M NANAIAH AT NANDA CTP-00807 BY EXTENDING THE GENERAL PAROLE FOR A FURTHER PERIOD OF 60 DAYS IN ORDER TO CROPPING IN THE COFFEE ESTATE AT MARAGODU VILLAGE MADIKERI THE PRESENCE OF THE CONVICT IS ESSENTIAL FOR PURPOSE OF GROWING CROPS IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE 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. Learned AGA accepts notice for the respondents. 2. The petitioner – wife of the detenu – Mundodi M Nanaiah @ Nanda (CTP No.00807) is before this Court seeking for the following reliefs; a) Direct the Respondent No.2 to release the petitioner’s husband Mundodi M Nanaiah @ Nanda CTP-00807 by extending the general parole for a further period of 60 days in order to cropping in the coffee estate at Maragodu Village Madikeri the presence of the convict is essential for purpose of growing crops in the interest of justice. b) Pass any other order/s which this court may deem fit and proper under the facts and circumstances of the case, in the interest of justice. 3. The detenu had been convicted in S.C.No.15/2019 for offences under Section 302, 3 r/w 25(1B) (A) and - 3 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010836912025 NC: 2026:KHC:46287 WP No. 39672 of 2025 5 r/w 27(1) and 30 of the Indian Arms Act, 1959 by the I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Kodagu Madikeri and sentenced on 21.08.2023 with the highest of the sentence being imprisonment for life. The detenu has served a period of 7 years 5 months of imprisonment as on 19.06.2026 and his conduct in jail is said to be satisfactory. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the detenu having made an application for parole, the same came to be rejected within assigning any reason. It is also submitted that the detenu was granted twice on earlier occasion. 5. 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 and or could cause any harm or injury to the victim/s or victim/s causing any harm to the detenu. 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. - 4 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010836912025 NC: 2026:KHC:46287 WP No. 39672 of 2025 ii) The concerned respondent is directed to release the detenu - Mundodi M Nanaiah @ Nanda (CTP No.00807) on parole for a period of 90 days commencing from 07.09.2026, 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 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.: 3 Sl No.: 11