Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court (Bengaluru), WP No.15817 of 2025 (GM-POLICE), decided 06.04.2026 by Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum. Petitioner Somashekara @ Renu, a convict in judicial custody represented by his wife Sowbhagya, sought emergency parole on medical grounds and quashing of prison endorsement No.SAM.DCRB/PAROLE/05/2025 dated 26.03.2025. Court held the medical certificate dated 04.03.2025 stale and unreliable for assessing current health/parole entitlement; petition disposed with liberty to file fresh updated medical certificate, upon which jail authorities to consider parole under the Prisons Act. Keywords: emergency parole, stale medical certificate, convict, judicial custody, Prisons Act, Articles 226 & 227, mandamus, certiorari, Mandya/Srirangapattana, Central Prison Mysuru.
What did the court decide?
Liberty reserved to the petitioner to produce a fresh and updated medical certificate; upon furnishing it and demonstrating fresh and valid grounds, competent jail authorities to consider the request for parole of the convict in accordance with the Prisons Act provisions and guidelines. Parole was not granted on the existing record; no direction to quash the endorsement was given.