New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- The Delhi High Court (HC) held a special sitting on Sunday and granted a four-week parole to a gang rape convict to attend the last rites of his sister, who died this morning. Justice Sanjeev Narula, who on November 7 granted one-day custody parole to the 55-year-old convict on humanitarian grounds to meet his ailing sister in the hospital, was informed on Sunday morning that the woman had passed away and cremation was slated in the evening.

"The application is allowed. The petitioner shall be released on parole for four weeks from the date of his release, upon furnishing a personal bond of Rs 10,000, with the cash surety earlier deposited with the jail authorities (at the time of his last furlough), to the satisfac...