Thanujamma S v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
General Parole; convict's sister as petitioner; earlier parole in W.P. No.24830/2024 at instance of wife in the family way; surrender December 2024; mother terminally ill; hospitalized for surgery until 19.06.2025; admission with M/s. Kidwai for cancer treatment; Report of Superintendent of Police, Tumakuru; Karnataka Prisons and Correctional Services Manual 2021; condition to mark attendance regularly with jurisdictional police; Chief Superintendent, Hindalga Central Prison, Belagavi; writ petition under Articles 226 and 227; single Judge B M Shyam Prasad; decided 29 August 2025; petition allowed.
What did the court decide?
The second respondent (Chief Superintendent, Central Prison/Hindalga Central Prison, Belagavi) is directed to grant General Parole to the petitioner's brother (Naveen Kumar, CTP No. 4273) subject to the terms contemplated under the Karnataka Prisons and Correctional Services Manual 2021, upon receipt of a certified copy of the order, imposing such conditions as necessary to ensure that he marks attendance regularly with the jurisdictional police; the petitioner's counsel is granted liberty to file the certified copy with the second respondent by email ([email protected]).