IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-505 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 07.01.2011 Mohinder 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. Mohinder Singh son of Labh Singh is undergoing imprisonment for life in case registered against him vide First Information Report No.37 dated March 8th, 1997 under Sections 302, and 307 etc., 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 March 22nd, 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 petition expeditiously. The grievance being genuine, the State Government is directed to decide the application to release the petitioner prematurely as early as possible preferably within two months from the date of receipt of this order. 07.01.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) SN JUDGE