P&H: Parole granted; Mere police apprehension of breach of peace without tangible material is not a valid ground to deny Parole.

punjab-haryana
⚖️ Order Date: 25 May 2026
Headnotes

Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 2022, S.3 — Parole — Scope and object — Parole is a statutory concession intended to further the reformative and rehabilitative object of criminal jurisprudence and to enable a prisoner to maintain social and family ties, and is...

Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 2022, S.3 - Parole - Mere apprehension of breach of peace, unsupported by tangible material, cannot by itself be a ground to deny parole - Competent authority is required to apply its mind to conduct of prisoner, surrounding circumstances...

Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 2022, S.3 — Parole — Judicial review of refusal of parole — Rejection order based only on conjectural apprehensions and general observations without reference to specific material, antecedents during incarceration, past misuse or any concrete instance, reflects non-application of mind...

Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 2022, Cl.11(1) — Eligibility — Where State admits that convict has already undergone sentence in an earlier FIR and there is no other case in which he is not on bail, requirement u/cl 11(1) stands satisfied - Recommendation by...

 


Facts of the Case

P&H: Parole granted; Mere police apprehension of breach of peace without tangible material is not a valid ground to deny Parole.

High Court has quashed an order refusing regular parole to a life convict, observing that mere police apprehension of breach of peace, without tangible material, is not a valid ground to deny temporary release. Court directed that the petitioner be released on regular parole for 10 weeks, subject to bonds and conditions under the Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 2022.

The case arose from the Divisional Commissioner order rejecting the petitioner’s request for a 10-week parole. The authority relied on adverse inputs from local police warning of possible disturbance of peace and the risk of absconding. The Superintendent of District Jail, however,...

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