Dheeraj vs. State NCT of Delhi
Background
A convict's parole request, needed because his wife required surgery, was rejected by jail authorities on the ground that six months had not elapsed since his previous parole.
Decision Breakdown
The Court found the authorities had miscalculated: the earlier parole period had actually ended more than six months before the rejection order was passed. It set aside the rejection and granted four weeks' parole, but made clear the parole would not be extended if the wife's surgery, as represented, did not actually take place, since an earlier parole had similarly been extended by the petitioner.
Lesson Learnt
Courts will correct simple but consequential calculation errors by prison authorities, while still guarding against misuse by tying the relief strictly to the stated medical reason actually occurring.