IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-30299 of 2008 Date of decision : 19.11.2008 Bhardesh .....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. Vijay K. Jindal, Advocate for the petitioner. **** S. D. ANAND, J. Criminal Misc. Nos. 53195-96 of 2008 Allowed as prayed for. Criminal Misc. No. M-30299 of 2008 Argues that rejection of the premature release plea of the petitioner is violative of judgment passed by the Apex Court in Maru Ra, Vs. Union of India, AIR 1980 SC 2147 and also the judicial pronouncement rendered by a Division Bench of this Court in Criminal Misc. No. 12868-M of 2003 (Jiya Lal Vs. State of Haryana and others) Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr. Amit Kaushik, learned Assistant Advocate General, Haryana accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. The learned State counsel otherwise concedes that the verdict aforementioned was not appealed against and has, thus, attained finality. On consensual basis, the competent authority is directed to consider the premature release case of the petitioner in terms of the law laid down in Maru Ram's case (supra) and also the Division Bench ruling aforementioned. The exercise shall be concluded within one week 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. November 19, 2008 (S. D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE