Karnataka High Court grants 30-day parole to murder convict on wife's plea to conceive child

The Karnataka High Court recently granted parole to a 28-year-old man convicted of murder after his wife filed a petition expressing her desire to have a child with him..Justice SR Krishna Kumar granted parole to the convict for thirty days, from June 5 to July 4, 2024."(the convict's) wife seeks parole only on the ground that they got married on 11.04.2023 (during the previous parole period) and she is deprived of her right of progeny. Therefore, I deem it appropriate to grant the husband of the petitioner general parole for a period of 30 days", the Court said..The convict, Anand from Kolar, had earlier been sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case by a trial court in 2019. However, in 2023, the High Court had reduced his sentence to 10 years.He got married to his wife in April last year after the Court allowed his temporary release from prison for the marriage.In a writ petition filed this year, the convict's wife submitted that because her husband has remained in prison, she was deprived of her right to have children.She informed the Court that she was now living alone with her mother-in-law (convict's mother) who suffered from various ailments and wished to spend some time with her grandchildren..After considering these submissions, the Court proceeded to grant the convict parole, subject to various conditions including that he report to the police once a week."The convict (CTP No.11699) - shall mark his attendance in the jurisdictional police station, weekly once throughout the period of his parole and it would be the responsibility of the jurisdictional police to take him to gaol, in the event, the convict (CTP No.11699) would evade going back to the gaol, after the expiry of the period of general parole," the Court ordered..Advocates Gowthama V, Karthik G and Mohan Kumar D appeared for the petitioner (convict's wife). Additional Government Advocate ST Naik appeared for the State..[Read Order]