JUDGMENT

Sanjay K Agrawal, J. - The petitioner is a convicted person and prisoner undergoing the sentence of imprisonment for life pursuant to the judgment of conviction recorded and order of sentence awarded by the learned Sessions Judge in Sessions Trial No.378/2002, dated 4th March, 2003 which was duly affirmed by this Court in Criminal Appeal No.177/2004. The petitioner after having served 21 years of jail sentence made an application for remission of his sentence through the Superintendent of Central Jail, Raipur on which he (Superintendent of Central Jail, Raipur) called for the recommendation of the learned Sessions Judge, Raipur who, in turn, on 23-2-2017, considering the nature and gravity of the offence of murder which the petitioner is alleged to have committed and undergoing life imprisonment, did not find favour with the application and recommended for not remitting the rest of the sentence awarded to him. Accordingly, the application was thereafter rejected by the Deputy Inspector General of Police vide Ex.P-1 accepting the recommendation of the Presiding Officer / Court of Sessions which is sought to be challenged in this writ petition branding the same as arbitrary,