SC to examine appeal against HC order of parole for progeny

Jaipur: The Supreme Court agreed to examine a plea by the Rajasthan government challenging a high court order, which granted 15 days of parole to a life convict to have a conjugal relationship with his wife, for progeny.
Counsel, representing the state government, contended before a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana that this order by the Rajasthan High Court has opened the floodgates. "Many convicts are coming and applying for parole," the counsel added, urging the court to hear the matter. After hearing brief submissions, the top court agreed to examine the plea next week. The high court had allowed the application filed by life convict Nand Lal through his wife. He contended that his wife has been deprived of her right to have progeny, even though she has not committed any offence and is not under any punishment.
The high court, in an order passed on April 5 this year, noted that in view of the fact that the spouse of the prisoner is innocent and her sexual and emotional needs associated with marital lives are affected and in order to protect the same, the prisoner ought to have been awarded cohabitation period with his spouse.