IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-25621 of 2011 Date of Decision : August 25, 2011 Gurparshad ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present : Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Advocate T.P.S. MANN, J. (Oral) Prayer has been made for issuance of directions to the respondents to decide the pre-mature release case of the petitioner. According to the petitioner, he was convicted by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ferozepur on 27.11.1997 and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment. His conviction and sentence was upheld by this Court when the appeal filed by him was dismissed. Even the appeal filed by him in the Hon'ble Supreme Court met the same fate. After undergoing the requisite period, the petitioner became eligible to be considered for pre-mature release. Criminal Misc. No.M-25621 of 2011 -2- Accordingly, he made a representation to the jail authorities in that regard. Pursuant thereto, the pre-mature release case of the petitioner was initiated by the jail authorities on 3.6.2011 and the same is still lying pending in the office of the Director General of Police (Prisons), Punjab. Notice of motion to Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. P.S. Paul, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, who is present in the Court, accepts notice. A copy of the petition, alongwith its annexure, has been supplied by learned counsel for the petitioner to the learned State counsel. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider and decide the case of the petitioner for pre-mature release within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of the order. ( T.P.S.MANN ) August 25, 2011 JUDGE satish