IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR WJC No 913 of 2011 1 Ram Chandra Rai, son of Bindeshwari Rai, resident of village – Matihani, Police Station – Matihani, District – Begusarai 2 Bindeshwari Rai, son of late Ghuran Rai, resident of village and Police Station – Matihani, District – Begusarai - Petitioners Versus 1 The State of Bihar through I G, Prison 2 The District Magistrate, Begusarai 3 The Jail Superintendent, Bhagalpur 4 The Superintendent of Police, Begusarai - Respondents ----------- 2 14.09.2011 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Advocate General. By this writ application, the petitioner’s claim premature release from judicial custody where they are serving out their sentence. They had been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Their appeals, right upto the Apex Court, has been dismissed. They plead that they had been convicted by judgment dated 17.08.1987 and in view of the policy, in vogue at that time, they are entitled to be released on completion of 14 years of physical imprisonment and 20 years, if remission is taken into account. They have so completed the said periods. They are, accordingly, entitled for release. In our view, petitioners must, giving full details, represent before the Bihar State Sentencing Remission Board, which is a statutory body for the said purpose. Upon representation being received, the Remission Board aforesaid would make enquiries and take a decision in the matter within a period of two months and communicate the order to the petitioners. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh) (Ashwani Kumar Singh) 2