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1. The present is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) praying for a direction to the official respondent to release the petitioner on first spell of furlough of three weeks in order to enable him to re-connect social ties with the family and society.

2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order dated 1st February, 2016 whereby his application for grant of first spell of furlough inter alia on the above-stated ground was rejected by the competent authority in view of para 26.1 of the Parole/Furlough Guidelines, 2010 stating that:-

"the competent authority has declined the application for grant of 1st spell of furlough to the convict Sameer Hussain S/o Wakil Ahmed as the said convict has been punished on 02.07.2014. Hence, he is not eligible as per para 26.1 of Parole/Furlough Guidelines, 2010 which states as under:-
26.1. "Good conduct in the prison and should have earned three annual good conduct remission and continues to maintain good conduct."

3. The sole reason stated by the competent authority in the order impugned herein does not take into consideration the circumstance that subsequent to having been punished for unsatisfactory conduct in 2014, the petitioner was released on parole by this Court in 2015 as well as the circumstance that the conduct of the petitioner has been satisfactory in jail for the past one year.

4. It is pertinent to mention here that Para 26.1 of Parole/Furlough Guidelines: 2010 are merely guidelines and cannot be applied blindly in every case.