G.S. SISTANI, J.

CRL M.A. No. 3651/2015 (under Section 482 CrPC)

1. This is an application under Section 482 filed on behalf of the respondent no. 2/State of Chhattisgarh for dismissal of the present writ petition on the ground that this court lacks territorial jurisdiction to entertain the present writ petition.

2. The present writ has been filed impugning the orders of the President and the Governor of Chhattisgarh rejecting the mercy petition of the petitioner herein, inter-alia, on account of delay, non-application of mind, ingnorance of relevant considerations and without taking into account that the petitioner was kept in solitary confinement.

3. Brief background to the present controversy is thus, the petitioner had been accused of killing 5 persons at Village Cher, Baikunthpur District, Chhattisgarh on the intervening night of 26-27.11.2004. He was convicted by the Sessions Court at Koriya District, Chhattisgarh and sentenced to death. On an appeal filed, the High Court of Chhattisgarh confirmed the sentence of death and dismissed the appeal preferred by the petitioner herein on 08.03.2010. On 23.02.2012, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence and dismissed the a