Jaganna v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: parole; temporary release; prisoner CTP No.8911; endorsement dated 30.10.2021; No.BCP/J3/433/2020-21; fresh application; competent authority; adverse Superintendent of Police report; law-and-order assessment; stale endorsement; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution of India; GM-POLICE; S.C.No.89/2013; Ss.143/147/148/302/307 r/w 149 IPC; murder conviction (S.302 IPC); Central Prison Parappanaghrahara; Commissioner of Police Tumkur; State of Karnataka Department of Home; High Court of Karnataka; Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum; writ petition disposed of, liberty reserved for renewed parole application to be assessed de hors earlier rejection.
What did the court decide?
No immediate release on parole was ordered. Liberty was reserved to the petitioner to submit a fresh parole application strictly in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations, and the competent authority was directed to consider any such application on its own merits and in accordance with law, without being influenced by the earlier endorsement dated 30.10.2021.