For Parole, Inmate Can't Claim Parity With Co-Convicts In FIR: P & H HC Says 'Subjective Satisfaction' To Be Arrived At By Police, DM [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that for being released on parole, the convict "cannot claim parity with his co-convicts in the FIR" for the "role played by each accused in the crime cannot be exactly identical". Noting that the nature and gravity of the offences in other cases in which such accused/convict is involved is also to be assessed independently in light of the...