Lenient Consideration of Parole Application justified for Person Convicted for Offences Under NI Act

B M Muniraju Vs Jail Superintendent (Karnataka High Court) This Court has categorically come to the conclusion that Rule 191 of 1974 Rules is not invocable against the petitioner, since it could be invoked when there is very serious offence. It also observed that the conviction of the petitioner is under the NI Act which are ordinarily treated as minor offences in criminal jurisprudence. It is also observed that there is no material to show that the petitioner is classified as “habitual criminal” in terms of the said Rule. At paragraph 6, this Court observed that the application of the pet...