Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J. – This writ application has been filed seeking a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no.8 to place the case of the petitioner before the State Remission Board (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Board’) in connection with Session Trial No. 434 of 1990 arising out of Sakra P.S. Case No. 173 of 1989. Further prayer of the petitioner is to direct the Board to grant premature release to the petitioner on the ground that the petitioner has already completed more than ten years of his physical incarceration.

2. In the present case, the petitioner has been convicted for offence punishable under Sections 302/149 of the Indian Penal Code (in short ‘IPC’) by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court-IV, Muzaffarpur in Sessions Trial No. 434 of 1990. He has been awarded rigorous imprisonment for life and has been directed to pay a fine of Rs. 5,000/-. It is stated that the judgment of conviction and order of sentence passed against the petitioner has been affirmed up to the Hon’ble Supreme Court. The petitioner remained behind the bars from 03.10.1989 to 23.11.1989 and thereafter he was in judicial custody from the date of conviction i.e