Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC (Bengaluru), WP No. 32504 of 2025 (GM-POLICE), decided 11.11.2025 by Suraj Govindaraj J. Mother of life-convict Arun Kumar @ Pushparaja (CTP No.8177), Central Prison Parappana Agrahara, sought 90 days' general parole for house repair after rejection of earlier application; court noted 8 years 2 months 11 days served (as on 9.04.2025), 12 prior paroles (6 general, 3 emergency, 3 court; total 1 year 10 months 22 days) with no complaints, and photographs showing disrepair; granted 60 days' parole from 17.11.2025 (or date of release, whichever earlier) with weekly police-station attendance and standard strict conditions. Keywords: general parole; life sentence convict; house repair; Articles 226 & 227; IPC Sections 302, 324, 341, 427 r/w 34; S.C.No.99/2007; Kodagu; GM-POLICE; parole conditions.
What did the court decide?
Release of detenu Arunkumar @ Pushparaja (CTP No.8177) on parole for 60 days commencing 17.11.2025 or from the date of release, whichever is earlier, subject to conditions: (a) weekly attendance marking at the jurisdictional Police Station throughout the parole period, with police responsibility to return him to gaol if he evades; (b) Respondent No.1-State of Karnataka to stipulate strict usual conditions to ensure return to gaol and that he commits no other offence during parole; Registry directed to communicate the order to the prison authority for immediate execution.