IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.670 of 2008 RAJAN MANDAL @ RAJNA MANDAL @ RAJENDRA MANDAL Versus STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Girsh Prasad Gupta, Advocate For the respondents: Mr.Prabhakar Tekriwal, Government Advocate-I Mr. Alok Kumar, Junior Counsel to Government Advocate-I --------- P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal ----- Dated, the 06th August, 2008 The trial court convicted the petitioner for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC vide judgment and order dated 25th September, 1989 and sentenced him to life imprisonment. In the appeal preferred by him before this court, his conviction was changed from Section 302 to Sections 302/149 IPC vide judgment dated 19th May, 1994. Of course, the sentence continued to be the same. By this writ petition, the petitioner prays for remission on the basis of the guidelines issued by the State of Bihar on 14th June, 2000 and on 14th November, 2007. 2. In our view, it is for the State authorities to consider the case of the appellant for remission in accord with the guidelines that - 2 - have been framed by in this regard. We do not intend to go into the diverse contentions raised in the writ petition as, in our view, the interest of justice shall be sub-served if the Superintendent, Central Jail, Bhagalpur, forwards the petitioner’s case for consideration of remission by competent authority/Board as per the Government policy/guidelines. We order accordingly. 3. Writ petition stands disposed of. R.M. Lodha, CJ Kishore K. Mandal, J. Sunil