-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1394 OF 2007 Muruganandam s/o. Muthuthirumani Nadar : Petitioner V/s. The State of Maharashtra : Respondent ... Ms Rebecca Gonsalves (appointed) for the petitioner. Mr.D.S.Mhaispurkar, Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. ... CORAM : BILAL NAZKI & S.A.BOBDE,JJ. DATE : JANUARY 14, 2008. P.C. 1. This petition has come from jail. The petitioner is undergoing life imprisonment in a case, being C.R. no.221/93. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment under section 302 of the I.P.C. His case is that he has served more than 14 years and, as such, he was entitled to be released. 2. Counter affidavit has been filed by the State in which it is stated that there are guidelines issued by the Government according to which orders with respect to release of prisoners serving life imprisonment are made. These guidelines are dated 11.5.1992 which relate to the -: 2 :- subject of premature release of prisoners serving life imprisonment after 18.12.1978. It is submitted in the counter affidavit that the petitioner’s case comes under category no.3(b) and, as such, the petitioner before he is prematurely released must have undergone imprisonment of 24 years with a minimum of 14 years of actual imprisonment and, according to them, till date, he has not undergone 24 years of imprisonment and only 22 years he has served the imprisonment. The learned counsel for the petitioner, however, submitted that the period of imprisonment to be undergone, including remissions, also envisages 14 years actual imprisonment. Though she concedes that the case falls within category 3(b) of the guidelines, she submits that there has been some mistake committed during calculations. In any case, this is a question which the respondent may decide and we direct them to look into the matter once again and if the petitioner falls within the guidelines, he may be given the benefit of the Government order 11.5.1992. 3. With these observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of. (BILAL NAZKI, J.) -: 3 :- (S.A. BOBDE, J.)