Murder convict booked for jumping parole in Palghar
An offence has been registered against a convict, serving life sentence at Pune's Yerwada Jail, for jumping parole, police here said on Tuesday.
Palghar: An offence has been registered against a convict, serving life sentence at Pune's Yerwada Jail, for jumping parole, police here said on Tuesday.
Kashinath Palwa (55), a resident of Vikramgadh in Maharashtra's Palghar district, was serving life sentence following his conviction in a murder case, public relations officer Hemant Katkar of Palghar district rural police said.
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The convict was granted parole and was supposed to return to the prison on September 28, he said, adding that Palwa, however, suffered a stroke of paralysis and is rendered bedridden.
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As he failed to report at Yerwada Open Jail, situated just outside the Yerwada Central Jail, the Vikramgadh police have registered an offence under section 224 (resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension) of the Indian Penal Code, the official added. (PTI)