Full Judgment
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 3RD DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B M SHYAM PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO.35729/2025 (GM-POLICE) BETWEEN: AMREEN TAJ W/O SHAMIULLA @ DAMTE @ SALMAN @ PREETHAM CTP-00195 AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS R/O WARD NO.3-4, NEAR SHARFUNNISA MASJID, GALIPURA, CHAMARAJANAGAR KARNATAKA - 571 313. …PETITIONER
Digitally (BY SRI.MOHAMMED PASHA C., ADVOCATE) signed by VANAMALA N Location: AND: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA HOME DEPARTMENT, THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECRETARY VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU - 560001. -2-
2. CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT
CENTRAL PRISON, MYSORE KARNATAKA - 570 007. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.B.RAVINDRANATH, AGA) THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE R-2 TO GRANT GENERAL PAROLE TO THE PETITIONER'S CONVICT HUSBAND SHAMIULLA ALIAS DAMTE ALIAS SALMAN ALIAS PREETHAM CTP-00195 FOR A PERIOD OF 90 DAYS ON THE GROUND THAT THE CONVICT FATHER IS SUFFERING FROM CHEST LUMB REQUIRED FURTHER MEDICAL TREATMENT, AND HIS PRESENCE IS ESSENTIAL FOR PROVIDING NECESSARY MEDICAL CARE, SUPPORT FOR EFFECTIVE TREATMENT AS WELL AS TO BEAR MEDICAL EXPENSES. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HERING IN 'B' GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: -3- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B M SHYAM PRASAD
ORAL ORDER
The petitioner's husband is convicted for life for the offences punishable under Sections 366, 376(N), 4, 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 as also under the provisions of Sections 3(2)(V((V) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The petitioner has filed her application for general parole to her husband stating that her father-in-law has some health difficulty. Mr. B. Ravindranath, the learned Additional Government Advocate relying upon the endorsement and Paragraph No.641(i) of the Karnataka Prisons and Correctional Services Manual, 2021, submits that a person who is sentenced till death will not be admitted to general parole. -4- This indeed is found to be certain and hence, the petition stands rejected. Sd/- (B M SHYAM PRASAD) JUDGE RB