Criminal Misc. No.19844-M OF 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.19844-M OF 2010 Date of decision:3rd February, 2011 Mewa and another .......Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others ........Respondents BEFORE: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIRMALJIT KAUR Present: Mr. S.S.Rana, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Amit Rana, DAG, Haryana, for the respondents. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes/No 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?Yes/No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Yes/No Nirmaljit Kaur, J.(Oral) The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, praying for the issuance of an appropriate order or direction, directing the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners for grant of pre-mature release in terms of Govt. instructions dated 4.02.1993, Annexure P-2 in view of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the case of State of Haryana versus Jagdish reported as 2010 (2) R.C.R page 464 and to release the petitioner prematurely forthwith on usual terms and conditions as the further detention of the petitioners is illegal, Criminal Misc. No.19844-M OF 2010 2 arbitrary, discrimnatory and against the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court. Reply has been filed. As per the reply, the petitioners have not yet completed the total period of 14 years as per the existing policy dated 4.02.1993. It is not disputed that the petitioner is to complete 14 years within 15 days from now. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with the directions to the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners for grant of pre-mature release in terms of the government instructions on 14.02.1993 within six weeks from today. [NIRMALJIT KAUR] JUDGE 3rd February, 2011 Shivani Kaushik