IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.380 of 2008 DEO MAYA DEVI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 4/ 01/09/2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The limited relief sought for in this application is for grant of remission to the husband of the petitioner in context of the sentence of life imprisonment awarded to him in Sessions Trial No.185A/83. Learned counsel for the petitioner relies upon Annexure-B to the counter affidavit computing the period of custody of her husband as on 31.1.2009 to be 12 years 11 months and 26 days to submit that with the passage of time in the month of September, 2009 the total period of custody completed is 13 years and 7 months. Therefore, in view of the guidelines for grant of remission his case is required to be processed 6 months before the expiry of 14 years. Learned counsel for the State submits that the matter of remission is not a matter of right, but a matter for decision by the Government in accordance with law. Remission cannot be claimed as a matter of 2 right and is dependent on several factors to be assessed by the appropriate authority in accordance with law. The writ application is, therefore, disposed in light of the submission of facts as noticed above to be decided in accordance with law within the time prescribed. KC ( Navin Sinha, J.)