Emergency Parole Granted to Convict for Father's Funeral Rituals: Kerala High Court

In a recent development in the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam, Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas passed an order on Tuesday, the 6th day of February 2024, in Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 135 of 2024. The petitioner, Pournami Gopinath, aged 39, sought a direction for the grant of emergency parole to her husband, Sri Sreekumar, currently serving a sentence at the Central Jail, Poojappura. Background: Sri Sreekumar had been convicted…