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Amritpal Singh misses grandmother's funeral despite custodial parole order, lawyer alleges delay

Neeraj Bali Chandigarh, Nov 14 - Jailed Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh could not attend his grandmother's funeral on Saturday despite being granted one-day custodial parole by a court, after authorities at Assam's Dibrugarh jail cited insufficient time to implement the order, his lawyer said.
The family has now postponed the cremation to November 20 and the final prayers to November 22, while Singh's legal team plans to approach the court again on Monday seeking permission for him to attend the revised ceremonies.
Advocate Karamvir Singh, representing the parliamentarian, accused the Punjab government of deliberately prolonging the matter and questioned why the court's earlier parole order could not be implemented.
According to the lawyer, an additional sessions judge had granted Singh one-day custodial parole to attend his grandmother's last rites, originally scheduled for November 14.
However, Dibrugarh jail authorities expressed their inability to arrange his transportation to Punjab at such short notice, making it impossible for him to attend the funeral on the scheduled date.
"The court had granted custodial parole, but the jail authorities said they could not comply with the order at such short notice," Karamvir Singh said, explaining the circumstances that forced the family to postpone the cremation.
He said the family subsequently decided to hold the cremation on November 20 and the final prayers on November 22, allowing additional time for the necessary legal and administrative arrangements.
The lawyer said he had attempted to submit an amended application on Saturday seeking custodial parole for the revised dates, but the application could not be taken up by a competent judicial authority.
He alleged that the Punjab government was unnecessarily delaying the process despite the humanitarian circumstances surrounding the request.
Karamvir Singh questioned why an elected member of parliament was facing difficulties in attending a close relative's funeral when courts consider similar requests from prisoners facing serious criminal charges.
He maintained that the authorities should have made arrangements to implement the judicial order instead of allowing procedural difficulties to prevent Singh from attending the ceremony.
The lawyer said the legal team would approach the regular district court on Monday with a fresh application seeking custodial parole for the revised dates.
"If we do not get relief from the lower court, we will approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court and, if necessary, the Supreme Court to protect his constitutional rights," he said.
There was no immediate response available from the Punjab government to the allegations. The jail administration's account of the circumstances could not be independently verified.
Singh, who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Khadoor Sahib while in detention, remains lodged in Dibrugarh jail in Assam.
The latest development has raised questions over the coordination required between judicial and prison authorities to implement custodial parole orders involving prisoners lodged outside their home states.
With the cremation now scheduled for November 20, the family's hopes rest on Monday's court proceedings and whether the revised dates provide sufficient time for authorities to arrange Singh's movement under custodial supervision.
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