Amirthavalli v. The Deputy Inspector General of Prisons
Case brief
What is this about?
Emergency leave for convict prisoner; leave without escort vs police escort; Central Prison Puzhal; Superintendent of Prisons order CP-PU1/3855/2025-R2 dated 18.12.2025; Article 226 certiorarified mandamus; earlier order dated 10.03.2026; W.P.(Crl.)No.1698 of 2025 medical records June–July 2025 vs November 2025 representation; reporting condition H8 Tiruvottiyur Police Station; Jail Manual conditions; wife as petitioner for husband convict; decided 11-03-2026; Neutral Citation 2026:MHC:995; WP Crl. No. 533 of 2026 with WPMP Crl. No. 163 of 2026.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition and connected miscellaneous petition (WPMP Crl. No. 163 of 2026) were closed; the operative relief is the Court's direction that the convict Karthick be released on emergency leave for six (6) days without escort from 12.03.2026 (release at 10.00 A.M.), subject to alternate-day reporting before the Station in-charge, H8 Tiruvottiyur Police Station at 11.00 a.m., and compliance with Jail Manual conditions; the impugned order was not quashed.