Reshma Santosh Poojary v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
General parole; premature release of life convict; CTP No.13058 Santu @ Santosh; Sections 341 & 302 read with Section 34 IPC; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution of India; prior 90-day parole in W.P. No.22606 of 2024; unconsidered Advisory Committee recommendation despite W.P. No. 13205/2024 direction; Life Convicts Release Committee; Chief Superintendent Central Prison Ballari; sixty-day general parole; weekly police-station attendance condition; extension of parole on conduct; daughter's marriage; Justice M. Nagaprasanna; High Court of Karnataka Dharwad Bench; 16 October 2025.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed in part: mandamus to respondent No.2 (Chief Superintendent, Central Prison, Ballari) to consider the petitioner's representation and release convict Santu @ Santosh (CTP No.13058) on general parole for sixty days from the date of release from jail, subject to weekly once attendance-marking at the jurisdictional police station and usual strict conditions ensuring return to gaol and commission of no other offence; petitioner at liberty to seek extension of parole based on the convict's conduct; registry directed to communicate the order to the prison authority for execution.