Mr. Sushanth Gururaj v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Medical parole ruling of the High Court of Karnataka (Justice M. Nagaprasanna, 25.03.2025) in WP No. 6982 of 2025 (GM-POLICE): 90-day general parole granted to convict Nishanth (CTP No.01612), brother of the petitioner Sushanth Gururaj, on grounds of chronic kidney disease requiring biweekly dialysis at Shivamogga hospital; convict had been tried in S.C.No.96/2015 under Sections 302, 307, 324 and 323 IPC; adverse prison entries disregarded in view of medical condition; relief grounded in Rule 191 of the Karnataka Prisons Rules and Articles 226/227; conditions imposed include weekly police-station attendance and strict usual conditions, with liberty to seek extension based on conduct during parole.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed in part: mandamus to respondent No.2 to consider the representation and release the convict (CTP No.01612) on general parole for 90 days from 27.03.2025 to 24.06.2025, subject to strict usual conditions to ensure his return to gaol and abstention from fresh offences; weekly attendance once at the jurisdictional police station throughout parole, with the jurisdictional police responsible for taking him back to gaol if he evades return; Registry to communicate the order by electronic mail forthwith; liberty to seek extension of parole to be considered on his conduct while on parole.