IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No. M-3732 of 2009 Date of Decision:17.07.2009 Darbara Singh @ Giani .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARBANS LAL Present:- Mr. Balwinder Singh, Amicus Curiae for the petitioner. Mr. T.S. Salana, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. **** HARBANS LAL, J. This petition has been moved by Darbara Singh alias Giani son of Suba Singh, as lifer in District Jail, Nabha seeking his pre-mature release. As averred in his application, he has availed about 12 times parole peacefully. The police authorities had no objection on his pre-mature release as per instructions of Government of Rajasthan State. The petitioner had been convicted by a Judicial Court in the State of Rajasthan. He is serving imprisonment in Central Jail, Ferozepur, Punjab. Inasmuch as, he was convicted and sentenced by a Court of Rajasthan, that being so, this Court has no jurisdiction to entertain and dispose of the premature release case of the petitioner. The petitioner will be at liberty to file such petition in appropriate Court in the State of Rajasthan, if so, advised. Dismissed. July 17, 2009 ( HARBANS LAL ) renu JUDGE