IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M- 13840 of 2010(O&M) Date of Decision: November 8, 2010. Nand Singh ...... PETITIONER(s) Versus U.T. Chandigarh and others. ...... RESPONDENT (s) CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr. Madan Sandhu, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. P.K.Khindria, Advocate for the respondents. ***** RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure seeking direction to the respondents to release the petitioner in FIR No.22 dated 13.02.1995, registered under Sections 302/380/ 120-B IPC at Police Station East, Chandigarh on completion of his sentence after giving him the benefit of special remissions of sentence granted by the State Government from time to time. Reply has been filed on behalf of respondent-State. CRM No.M-13840 of 2010 I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the whole record. As per reply filed on behalf of respondent-State petitioner has undergone 19 years 5 months and 14 days of sentence excluding parole period as on 21.05.2010 and hence, as on today he has completed more than 20 years of sentence minus parole. In additional reply filed on behalf of respondent-State, it has been stated that proposal for premature release of the petitioner will be examined as and when he completes 20 years of sentence including remission earned excluding parole. Hence, in view of these facts, the present petition is disposed of with direction to respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for his premature release in the light of the observations of this Court made above, and as per law, rules and instructions on the point, within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. ( RAM CHAND GUPTA ) November 8, 2010. JUDGE 'om' 2