Criminal Misc. No. M-32402 of 2011 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No. M-32402 of 2011 Date of Decision: 8.11.2011 Anil Kumar alias Babba ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Suram Singh Rana, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. paying that direction be issued to the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for his premature release in terms of the Government Instructions dated 23.10.2011 (Annexure P1). Issue notice of motion. On asking of the Court, Mr. S.S.Chandumajra, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. A copy of petition has been supplied to him. It is pleaded in the petition that the petitioner was arrested in case FIR No. 87 dated 16.6.1995, registered at Police Station City, Hoshiarpur, under Sections 302, 324, 323, 148 and 149 IPC and was sentenced to undergo life imprisonment. The appeal filed by the petitioner was dismissed. As per the averments made in the petition, the Criminal Misc. No. M-32402 of 2011 2 petitioner has now undergone a period of more than 9 years 1 month out of his actual sentence of life imprisonment and after remissions he has undergone more than 16 years. It is further pleaded that case of the petitioner is covered by the Government Instructions (Annexure P1) and he is entitled to premature release. Mr. Chandumajra, after going through the contents of the petition, has submitted that the present petition shall be treated as a representation of the petitioner and thereafter considering the averments made therein a detailed speaking order shall be passed thereon within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. He has further submitted that a copy of the order, so passed, shall be served upon the petitioner, so that he may take recourse to his lawful remedy. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the present petition be disposed of in terms of the statement made by learned counsel for the State. Ordered accordingly. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge November 8, 2011 “DK”