IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-25431 of 2011 Date of Decision : August 24, 2011 Gurnam Singh .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present : Ms. B.P.K. Brar, Advocate. Mr. P.S. Paul, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. T.P.S. MANN, J. (Oral) Prayer has been made for issuance of directions to the respondents to expeditiously consider and decide the pre-mature release case of the petitioner. According to the petitioner, he was tried and finally convicted and sentenced on 2.4.1998 by learned Sessions Judge, Ferozepur to undergo life imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.3,000/-. After having undergone substantial period of his substantive sentence, he became eligible to be considered for pre-mature release. His case for pre-mature release was initiated by the jail authorities and recommended to the Director General of Prisons on 20.7.2010. Even the District Magistrate had submitted his report to the respondents. Despite the same, the case was not finally decided. Feeling aggrieved because of the inaction on behalf Criminal Misc. No.M-25431 of 2011 -2- of the respondents in deciding the case, the petitioner moved this Court by filing Criminal Misc. No.M-898 of 2011 in which a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 13.1.2011 directed the State government to consider the case of the petitioner for pre-mature release within 30 days from the date of receipt of the order. Despite the same, the case of the petitioner has not been considered and decided by the concerned authorities uptil now. Notice of motion. 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 the learned counsel for the petitioner to the learned State counsel. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, the petition is disposed of with a direction to the State of Punjab to consider and decide the case of the petitioner for pre- mature release within a period of two months from today, failing which the petitioner shall be at liberty to initiate contempt proceedings against the respondents. An attested copy of the order, under the signatures of the Special Secretary, be given to the learned State counsel for compliance. ( T.P.S. MANN ) August 24, 2011 JUDGE satish