JAGTAR SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRWP-6110-2026 1 110 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRWP-6110-2026 Date of decision : 25.05.2026 Jagtar Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Prateek Pandit, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Raj Karan Singh, A.A.G., Punjab. RAJESH BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in the present petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for directing Ld. Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Magistrate, Jalandhar (respondent No.2) to decide the parole case of the petitioner expeditiously and within a reasonable period of time and further to grant parole to the petitioner for a period of 08 weeks. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was prosecuted in a case FIR No.7, dated 08.01.2006 under Sections 489- A, 489-B, 489-C, 489-D, 420 of IPC, registered at Police Station Phillaur, District Jalandhar and after completion of trial, the petitioner was convicted and sentenced for 07 years rigorous imprisonment vide judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 01.10.2010 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Jalandhar. The petitioner assa