Criminal Misc. No.M-33900 of 2008 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-33900 of 2008 Date of decision : 22.12.2008 Prem Kumar ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. V.S.Rana, Advocate for the petitioner S. D. ANAND, J. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that petitioner has undergone 14 years 05 month and 12 days of actual sentence and 18 years 04 months and 17 days of total sentence. Learned counsel for the petitioner further states that petitioner would be content and interests of justice would be served if a direction is issued to the competent authority to consider the premature release plea of the petitioner in the light of the judgment rendered by the Apex Court in State of Haryana Vs. Mahender Singh and others 2007 (12) SCALE 669 within time bound frame. Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr. S.S. Mor, learned Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. The learned State counsel states that the competent authority shall take a decision on the premature release plea of the petitioner in the light of the judgment rendered by the Apex Court in Mahender Singh's case (Supra) and he further informs that the exercise shall be concluded within two months. Criminal Misc. No.M-33900 of 2008 -2- **** In the light of the statement made by the learned State counsel at the bar, the petition shall stand disposed of with a direction to the competent authority to dispose of the premature release plea of the petitioner in the light of the judgment rendered by the Apex Court in Mahender Singh's case (supra). The exercise shall be concluded within two months from today. It will be for the State counsel to communicate the order to the competent authority. Copy of the order be given to the learned State counsel under the signatures of the Court Secretary. December 22, 2008 (S.D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE