IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M- 25937 of 2008 Date of Decision: October 31, 2008 Satpal … Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others. … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D. ANAND. Present: Ms. Archana Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. S.S. Mor, Sr. DAG, Haryana. S.D. Anand, J. Counter filed on behalf of respondents is taken on record. In the case of the claim put forward by the petitioner for his premature release, the learned State counsel informs that the premature release case of the petitioner had already been forwarded to the Competent Authority and further assures that the decision in the context would be taken in the light of verdict rendered by the Apex Court in State of Haryana vs. Mahender Singh, 2007 (4) RCR Criminal, 915, within a fortnight from today. The learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petition may be disposed of in the light of the statement at the bar made by the learned State counsel. The petition shall stand disposed of accordingly with a direction to the Competent Authority to dispose of the premature release case of the petitioner in the light of Mahender Singh’s case (supra) within a fortnight from today. October 31, 2008 ( S.D. Anand ) vkd Judge