Criminal Misc. No. M-29309 of 2009 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No. M-29309 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision:21.10.2009 Sukhwinder Singh @ Shinder .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARBANS LAL Present:- Ms. B.P.K. Brar, Advocate for the petitioner. **** HARBANS LAL, J. This petition has been moved by Sukhwinder Singh @ Shinder under Section 482 of Cr.P.C for issuing directions to the respondents to allow him usual remissions as have been allowed by the Governor of Punjab under Article 161 of the Constitution of India during the period, he remained on bail during the pendency of Criminal Appeal No.111-SB of 1999 in this Court in accordance with the settled proposition of law laid down in the judgment dated 5.7.2007 delivered in Criminal Writ Petition No.991 of 2006 – Jagdeep Singh v. State of Punjab and others and judgment dated 24.4.2008 rendered in Criminal Writ Petition No.1398 of 2007 – Mohan Singh v. State of Punjab and another. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. The petitioner was convicted and sentenced by the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bathinda vide judgment dated 22.12.1998 to undergo rigorous imprisonment for eight years and to pay a fine of Rs.4,500/- or in default of payment of fine, to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for six Criminal Misc. No. M-29309 of 2009 (O&M) -2- months under Section 307 IPC and further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine of Rs.500/- or in default of payment of fine, to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for one month under Section 27 of Arms Act, 1959 with a further direction that both the sentences shall run concurrently. He was released on bail during the pendency of the appeal. His appeal No.111-SB of 1999 was dismissed with modification in the sentence, which was reduced to five years under Section 307 of IPC without any alteration in the sentence awarded under the Arms Act as also the fine. After the decision of the appeal, he has been readmitted to jail. In view of Annexure P.1, the judgment dated 5.7.2007 rendered by this Court in Criminal Writ Petition No.991 of 2006 – Jagdeep Singh v. State of Punjab and others, Annexure P.2, the judgment dated 24.4.2008 delivered by this Court in Criminal Writ Petition No.1398 of 2007 – Mohan Singh v. State of Punjab and another, Annexure P.3, the judgment dated 24.10.2008 passed by this Court in Criminal Misc. No. M- 1786 of 2008 – Hardev Singh and others v. State of Punjab and others, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the competent authority to examine the case of the petitioner and provide him the benefit of remissions announced from time to time till before 11.9.2001 and also consider his pre-mature release case. October 21, 2009 ( HARBANS LAL ) renu JUDGE