IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-898 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 13.01.2011 Gurnam Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mrs. B.P. Kaur Brar, Advocate, for the petitioner. NAWAB SINGH.J (ORAL) Counsel heard. Notice of motion. Mr. Sudhir Nehra, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of respondents - State. Gurnam Singh son of Kashmir Singh is undergoing imprisonment for life in case registered against him vide First Information Report No.251 dated November 4th, 1994 under Sections 302 and 323 read with section 34 of Indian Penal Code in Police Station Sadar, Jalalabad and is confined in Central Jail, Ferozepur. His application to release him prematurely is pending with the State Government since July 2010. The grievance of the petitioner is that his application has not been decided as on date by the State Government and the State Government be directed to dispose of the same expeditiously, preferably within one month. In view of above, the State Government is hereby asked to consider the case of the petitioner within 30 days from the date of receipt of this order. Disposed of. 13.01.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) som JUDGE