IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.78 of 1999 1. BACHCHU YADAV son of Dhaneshwar Yadav 2. Jawahar Yadav son of Dhandeshwar Yadav -Both residents of Village Sadpur, PS Shahkund in the district of Bhagalpur ….Petitioners Versus 1. STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Secretary, Department of Home Government of Bihar, Patna 3. The Superintendent, Central Jail, Bhagalpur ….Respondents ----------- 05- 26.4.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners. The two petitioners herein have been convicted under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, and have been sentenced to undergo life imprisonment. The judgment of the learned trial court was upheld by the High Court by its judgment, dated 1.5.91, passed in Cr.Appeal No.74 of 1985 which, in its turn, was upheld by the Supreme Court by its judgment dated 26.2.1993, passed in SLP (Criminal) no.2656 of 1991. The writ petition has been filed for release of the petitioners from jail on the ground that he has served the sentence. The Supreme Court has held in its judgment in Swamy Shraddananda @ Murli Manohar Mishra vs. State of Karnataka [(2008) 13 SCC 767], that sentence for life imprisonment normally means so long the convict is alive. In that view of the matter, we do not wish to grant any relief to the petitioners. 2 3. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. ( S K Katriar ) ( Kishore K Mandal ) mrl