Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday refused to grant parole to Abdul Latif Momin, one of the convicts in the 1999 Kandahar hijack case. Momin, a lifer, had sought parole on the ground that he had been behind bars for the last over 15 years and wanted to meet his mother who was suffering from old-age related ailments.
Dismissing his plea for parole, Justice Rajmohan Singh held that "right of parole is not an absolute right". "It is a subject matter of restrictive mechanism based on discretionary powers vested in administrative authorities and instructions issued by the state. Parole is a conditional release based on satisfaction of executive authorities, which is further subject matter of recommendations by different authorities in hierarchy. Parole can be denied in view of public interest and public outcry in cases of heinous acts," observed the court while refusing to grant parole to Momin.
In his petition, Momin had argued that he had approached the Patiala jail superintendent last year for parole but he had not taken any action on his application. He stated that the jail superintendent even did not inform him about the grounds on which his plea for one month parole was rejected.
03/07/15 Times of India
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Dismissing his plea for parole, Justice Rajmohan Singh held that "right of parole is not an absolute right". "It is a subject matter of restrictive mechanism based on discretionary powers vested in administrative authorities and instructions issued by the state. Parole is a conditional release based on satisfaction of executive authorities, which is further subject matter of recommendations by different authorities in hierarchy. Parole can be denied in view of public interest and public outcry in cases of heinous acts," observed the court while refusing to grant parole to Momin.
In his petition, Momin had argued that he had approached the Patiala jail superintendent last year for parole but he had not taken any action on his application. He stated that the jail superintendent even did not inform him about the grounds on which his plea for one month parole was rejected.
03/07/15 Times of India
