Criminal Misc. No. 29644 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-29644 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: 24.1.2011 Gurpreet Singh alias Kakoo .... Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab & others .... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mrs. B.P. Kaur, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Gagan Mohini, AAG, Punjab, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH.J (ORAL) Petitioner is undergoing imprisonment for life in case bearing First Information Report No.35 dated April 9th, 1997 under Sections 201, 302 and 364 of Indian Penal Code registered in Police Station Kahnuwal, District Gurdaspur. He is confined in Central Jail, Gurdaspur. Per reply filed by the Superintendent Central Jail, Gurdaspur, petitioner has undergone sentence of 21 years, 3 months and 10 days including remissions but inspite of that, his case for premature release was rejected by the State Government on the ground that he committed heinous crime. According to the Policy dated July 8th, 1991 of the Government, a convict has to undergo actual sentence of 12 years and including remissions 18 years. Indeed, his case was recommended by the Director General of Police (Jails), Punjab for releasing him prematurely as finds mention in the order dated August 13th, 2010 of Principal Secretary, Government of Punjab, Department of Home Affairs and Justice. Since the petitioner has already completed the sentence as contemplated in the Policy of the Government, the State Criminal Misc. No. 29644 of 2010 2 is hereby directed to re-consider the case of the petitioner for premature release in accordance with law, within 30 days from the date of receipt of this order. Disposed of. 24.1.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) SN JUDGE