Ketan Kumar Gupta v. The State Of Bihar, Through The Chief Secretary, Government Of Bihar, Patna And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No 2257 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.- Year- Thana- District- Patna ====================================================== Ketan Kumar Gupta, son of Raj KumarSah @ Raj Kumar Gupta, resident of Village - Kirtaniya, PS - Pirpainti, District - Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1 The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna 2 The State Sentence Remission Board through the Principal Secretary, Home Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 3 The Joint Secretary -cum- Director (Administration), Home Department (Prison), Bihar, Patna 4 The Secretary, Law Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 5 The Additional Director General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Bihar, Patna 6 The Inspector General, Jail and Reforms Services, Bihar, Patna 7 The Assistant Inspector General, Jail and Reforms Services, Bihar, Patna 8 The Jail Superintendent, Shahid Jubba Sahni Central Jail, Bhagalpur ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr Vijay Kumar Singh Ms Nutan Kumari Sharma, Advocates For the Respondent/s :

Mr Prabhu Narayan Sharma, AC to AG ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE RAVI RANJAN and HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE MADHURESH PRASAD ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE RAVI RANJAN) 01-10-2018 This writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the authorities to consider the case of the petitioner's father once again after completion of one year from the date of decision of the Remission Board rejecting his claim on its own merit and in accordance with law, however, also considering the amended provision as it is claimed that father of the petitioner, that is the convict, has already completed 78 years of age and has

Patna High Court Cr. WJC No.2257 of 2018(4) dt.01-10-2018 2/2 completed the period of incarceration of 17 years actual and 22 years upon addition of the period earned as remission. (Dr Ravi Ranjan, J) (Madhuresh Prasad, J) M.E.H./- U