Jodhpur High Court grants 15-day parole to make wife pregnant
India Today
The Jodhpur High Court granted a man 15-day parole to make his wife pregnant after his wife approached the court to seek his release asserting her “right of progeny”.
The Jodhpur High Court has ordered the release of a man for 15 days on parole so that his wife can become mother. His wife had approached the high court to assert her “right of progeny” seeking her husband’s release.
The Jodhpur High Court bench of Justices Sandeep Mehta and Farzand Ali held that the sexual and emotional needs of the prisoner’s wife were affected due to his imprisonment.
The court cited Hindu scriptures including the Rig Veda and also referred to the tenets of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to grant 15-day parole to the prisoner, 34-year-old Nandlal, so that his wife, Rekha could conceive.
The court underscored that of the 16 sacraments (essential ceremonies), conceiving a child is the first and a right of the woman.
“Having progeny for the purpose of preservation of lineage, has been recognised through religious philosophies, the Indian culture and various judicial pronouncements,” the court said.
It said “the right of progeny can be performed by conjugal association, the same has an effect of normalising the convict and also helps to alter the behaviour of the convict-prisoner.”
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