IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.3507 of 2008 ANITA SHARMA @ REETA DEVI W/O KRISHNA NANDAN SHARMA @ KRISHNADEO SHARMA, PARSASBIGHA, JEHANABAD. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS -------- 4 03/02/2010. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner has filed instant application for initiating a contempt proceeding for alleged willful disobedience of order dated 14.8.2008, passed by this Court in Cr. W J C No. 170 of 2007 observing that respondent-State as well as State Sentence Remission Board would pass afresh order in respect of probable date of release of the husband of the petitioner from custody in the light of the observations made thereunder within two months from the date of receipt/production of the aforesaid order. The petitioner submits that the State has filed counter affidavit stating therein that the meeting of the Board took place on 2.3.2009 for considering the proposal for premature release of the husband of the petitioner along with others. However, a decision was taken not to release petitioner’s husband as he was below 60 years and has not completed 20 years of confinement with remission. He further submits that the reason of age as stated in the counter affidavit cannot be a ground for not releasing petitioner’s husband who has completed more than 14 years in custody excluding period of remission. The instant contempt petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to challenge the impugned decisions contained in annexure A and B to the counter affidavit, so far as her husband is concerned. Shashi. (Samarendra Pratap Singh,J).