PARMINDER SINGH ALIAS TIDDA vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

207 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRWP-8728-2025 (O&M) Date of Decision: 29th May, 2026. PARMINDER SINGH TIDDA .…... Petitioner(s) V/s STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS ......Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHIT KAPOOR Present Ms. Ramandeep Kaur Brar, Advocate, for Mr. Monty Goyal, Advocate, for the applicant-appellant. Mr. Adeshwar Singh Pannu, AAG, Punjab. **** ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA, J. (Oral) 1. The present Criminal Writ Petition is filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India seeking parole to the petitioner for taking care his wife who is suffering from medical ailment. 2. Pursuant to order dated 08.05.2026 passed by this Court, learned State counsel has filed status report by way of affidavit dated 28.05.2026 in the Court today. The same is taken on record. 3. As per the status report, the petitioner has a large criminal history. Although such antecedents would ordinarily constitute a valid ground to decline consideration of his request for parole but there are certain circumstances which persuade us to take a different view. The first circumstance is that the report submitted by the respondent‑Sta