Debangana Ray
Published July 25, 2022 at 18:32 IST
Rajasthan Government in its petition before the Supreme Court has said that the High court order is bad in law as the parole rules in the state do not allow the release of convicts on the grounds of performing conjugal relationship.
A Rajasthan High Court order granting parole to a life convict for performing a conjugal relationship with his wife and having children has been challenged by the Rajasthan government in the Supreme Court of India.
Rajasthan government in its petition before the Supreme Court has said that the High court order is bad in law as the parole rules in the state do not allow the release of convicts on the grounds of performing conjugal relationship.
Mentioning the matter before the bench led by the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, the state government’s counsel argued that the order of the High court has opened floodgates and convicts armed with the high court order are coming forward and applying for parole.
The counsel also argued that the state parole rules do not allow release on such grounds and that this order is causing problems in the state.
In April this year, the Jodhpur Bench of Rajasthan High court had allowed the release of a life convict for performing conjugal relationship saying ‘Denial to prisoner to perform conjugal relations for progeny would adversely affect rights of his wife’.
The Bench also held that Hindu philosophy advocates the importance of pitrarin or parental debt and lives of people are the consequences of the fact that ancestors have been carrying and forwarding the said pitrarin, it is because of this, life came to us and in order to maintain the continuity of life, we must pay off this debt.