- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:6847 WP No. 3012/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 5TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B M SHYAM PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO. 3012 OF 2026 (GM-POLICE) BETWEEN: MUMTAZ BEGUM, W/O. SAYYED IMTIYAZ @ SYED IMTHIYAZ @ KURUP, CTP-3390, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, R/AT NO.24, 2ND CROSS NEAR BILAL MASJID, YARAB NAGARA, RAMANAGARAM, RAMANAGAR, KARNATAKA - 582 169 …PETITIONER (BY SRI.SIRAJUDDIN AHMED., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA HOME DEPARTMENT, THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECRETARY VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU - 560 001. Digitally signed by VANAMALA N Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:6847 WP No. 3012/2026 2. CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT CENTRAL PRISON, BELAGAVI- 591108. 3. SHO RAMANAGARA TOWN P.S RAMANAGARA - 562159 (JURISDICTIONAL POLICE STATION) …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.ADITYA DIWAKARA, AGA) THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO A) DIRECT R2 TO RELEASE THE PETITONERS HUSBAND SAYYED IMTIYAZ/SYED IMTHIYAZ @ KURUP CTP-3390, CURRENTLY LODGED IN BELAGAVI CENTRAL PRISON, ON GENERAL PAROLE FOR A PERIOD OF 90 DAYS, TO ENABLE HIM TO SPEND TIME WITH THE FAMILY AND COME OUT WITH THE EVIL STRESS FROM THE LONG INCARCERATION. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B M SHYAM PRASAD - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:6847 WP No. 3012/2026 ORAL ORDER The petitioner's husband is convicted and sentenced for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 120[B] read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code in SC No.35/2015 on the file of the I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Ramanagara and is lodged in Belgavi Central Prison. The petitioner seeks general parole for her husband relying upon the recommendation as per Annexure-B but being aggrieved by the Report from the office of the Police Commissioner, Bengaluru District. The Commissioner's Report is that if the petitioner is admitted to parole, he could disturb law and order. Sri Sirajuddin Ahmed, the learned counsel for the petitioner, argues in support of the petition and Sri Aditya Diwakara, the learned Additional Government Advocate who accepts notice for the first respondent is heard for disposal of the petition. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:6847 WP No. 3012/2026 Sri Sirajuddin Ahmed cannot dispute the fact that the Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services must decide on the application and such decision must not only be in the light of the Report that is filed but also the recommendations of the Chief Superintendent and the objective enumerated in admitting a convict to general parole. The Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services is yet to decide on the petitioner's application. Therefore, the following: ORDER [a] The petition stands disposed of with liberty to the petitioner through her learned counsel to file a certified copy of this order with the second respondent [over email - cpbgm.prisons-kar@gov.in] within a week from the date of receipt of the certified copy. - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:6847 WP No. 3012/2026 [b] The second respondent is directed to forward the records including the copy of this Court's order to the Director General of Prisons and Corrections Services forthwith who shall consider the same within an outer limit of the next four [4] weeks and communicate the decision to the petitioner in writing. SD/- (B M SHYAM PRASAD) JUDGE AN/-