Chandigarh : On Monday, the High Court has issued a notice to the Haryana government and the SGPC to respond to the plea filed before the High Court by Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Singh to remove the order barring the grant of parole.
A division bench headed by Justice GS Sandhawalia of the High Court has ordered the Haryana government to inform about the parole applications of other convicts like Dera Mukhi who have been rejected in the last one year and are convicted in similar cases.
In his application, the Dera chief has said that he still has 41 days of parole left this year and he wants to take advantage of it. He has claimed that he is eligible for release this year for a total period of 41 days including 20 days of parole and 21 days of furlough.
Ram Rahim said- 70 days of parole and 21 days of furlough
The Dera chief has also said that under the Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 2022, eligible convicts have been given the right to get 70 days of parole and 21 days of furlough in every calendar year. It is also stated that the rules do not bar the granting of parole and furlough to any convict who has been convicted and sentenced to three or more offenses punishable with imprisonment for life and fixed term.
Dera Mukhi says that the Haryana government has filed its reply in the case and said that not only Dera Mukhi, but 89 others are also covicts, who have been found guilty of three or more serious crimes and they also get parole time to time, so the parole granted to him is not wrong.
Dera Mukhi says that he is entitled to 20 days of parole and 21 days of furlough this year, so the High Court should amend its order. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) had filed a petition in the High Court against granting parole/furlough to the Dera chief again and again.