SOMNATH vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

151+310 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRWP No.11577 of 2024 (O&M) Date of decision: 07.05.2026 Somnath …Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present :- Mr. Vijay K. Jindal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vaibhav Sharma, AAG, Haryana for the respondents. ***** MANDEEP PANNU, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ directing the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for grant of premature release on completion of 10 years actual sentence and 14 years total sentence including remissions in terms of para 2(b) of the policy dated 08.08.2000 (Annexure P-5). The petitioner has further prayed for issuance of a writ holding that he has already undergone the requisite period of sentence and fulfills all the requisite conditions for the purpose of premature release and that his further detention without consideration of his premature release case is violative of Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner NEETU RANI 2026.05.08 15:57 I