Karnataka High Court grants 30-day parole to murder convict to help wife conceive child

Karnataka High Court recently granted a 30-day parole to a 28-year-old murder convict so that he can help his wife conceive a child.

The court's order came after his wife filed a plea, expressing her desire to have a kid with him. Granting parole to the accused from June 4 to Jule 4, Justice SR Krishna Kumar asked the convict to appear before the jurisdictional police once weekly.

Judge Kumar also allowed the woman to seek an extension of his husband's parole, which would be considered based on the conduct of the convict while he is out on parole.

"(The convict's) wife seeks parole only on the ground that they got married on 11.04.2023 (during the previous parole period) and she is deprived of her right of progeny. Therefore, I deem it appropriate to grant the husband of the petitioner general parole for a period of 30 days", the court said, according to the Bar and Bench outlet.

The convict, who has been identified as Anand from Kolar, was sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case by a trial court in 2019. However, in 2023, the high court reduced his sentence to 10 years.

He got married to his wife in April last year after the Court allowed his temporary release from prison for the marriage.