JUDGMENT :

SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI, J.

1. Heard Mr. Rakesh Kumar and Mr. Lukesh Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Ashok Kumar Yadav, Mr. P.A.S. Pati, Mr. P.C. Sinha, Ms. Rashmi Lal and Mr. Gaurav Raj, learned counsel for the respondent-State.

2. Since common questions of law and fact are involved in all these writ applications, the same are being disposed of by this common order.

3. The petitioners are aggrieved by the decision of the State Sentence Review Board.

W.P. (Cr.) No. 14 of 2021

4. The petitioner is aggrieved by the notification No. 11/bandi vividh-07/2019-2987, dated 20.08.2020 issued by the Joint Secretary of Department of Home, Jail and Disaster Management, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi, whereby the claim of premature release of the petitioner has been rejected.

5. The facts enumerated in the present writ application is that the petitioner was convicted by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, FTC-VII, Hazaribagh in connection with S.T. No. 403 of 2002, corresponding to G.R. No. 1653 of 2001 arising out of Ramgarh P.S. Case No. 201 of 2001 for the offence under Sections 364, 302, 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code vide judgment dated 07.03.2006 and was sentenced to undergo R.I. for life.

6. The petitioner preferred an appeal before this Court being Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 481 of 2006 which was dismissed vide judgment dated 08.01.2016. The matter was placed before the State Sentence Review Board but vide notification dated 20.08.2020 which is impugned to the present application the prayer for premature release was rejected. The petitioner at the time of filing of the writ application had completed 15 years 7 months and 15 days of actual custody and with remission the custody of the petitioner was 21 years 7 months and 15 days as on 18.12.2020.

W.P. (Cr.) No. 73 of 2020

7. The petitioner is aggrieved by the notification No. 11/bandi vividh-07/2019-352, dated 21.01.2020 issued by the Joint Secretary of Department of Home, Jail and Disaster Management, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi, whereby the claim of premature release of the petitioner has been rejected.

8. The facts enumerated in the present writ application is that the petitioner was convicted by the learned Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi in connection with S.T. No. 12 of 2001 for the offence under Sections 302/34, 376G, 394 of the Indian Penal Code vide judgment dated 19.05.2004 and was sentenced to undergo R.I. for life.

9. The petitioner preferred an appeal before this Court being Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 1549 of 2004, which was dismissed vide judgment dated 25.01.2016. The matter was placed before the State Sentence Review Board but vide notification dated 21.01.2020 which is impugned to the present application the prayer for premature release was rejected. The petitioner at the time of filing of the writ application had completed 15 years 11 months and 4 days of actual custody and with remission the custody of the petitioner was 22 years 1 month and 9 days as on 22.02.2020.

W.P. (Cr.) No. 85 of 2020

10. The petitioner is aggrieved by the notification No. 11/bandi vividh-07/2019-352, dated 21.01.2020, issued by the Joint Secretary of Department of Home, Jail and Disaster Management, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi, whereby the claim of premature release of the petitioner has been rejected.

11. The facts enumerated in the present writ application is that the petitioner was convicted by the learned 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Gumla in connection with S.T. No. 20 of 2004 for the offence under Sections 302, 380, 449 of the Indian Penal Code vide judgment dated 15.05.2006 and was sentenced to undergo R.I. for life.

12. The petitioner preferred an appeal before this Court being Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 1164 of 2006 which was dismissed vide judgment dated 07.06.2017. The matter was placed before the State Sentence Review Board but vide notification dated 21.01.2020 which is impugned to the present application the prayer for premature release was rejected. The petitioner at the