IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-18556 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: July 6, 2010 Sukhdev Singh @ Sukha .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.Sanjeev Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. ...... RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) The present petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is for issuance of direction to the respondents to decide the premature release case of the petitioner, initiated by the jail authorities vide letter No.16300 dated 20.11.2009 and accordingly set the petitioner at liberty. Argues that petitioner has already undergone more than 10 years and six months of actual sentence and has also earned four years of remissions. It is further contended that case of present petitioner for premature release has already been initiated by respondent no.3, i.e., the Superintendent, Central Jail, Ferozepur, on 20.11.2009 and, however, the same has not been decided so far. Hence, in view of these facts, the present petition is disposed of with direction to the respondents to consider and decide premature release case of present petitioner, in accordance with law, within two months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. 6.7.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge