P. Thangavel, J.: The petitioner has filed this habeas corpus petitionto issue a writ of habeas corpus or order or direction to the secondrespondent to produce the body of the detenu A. Chandran, the brother of thepetitioner allegedly confined illegally in Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli andto set him at liberty forthwith.

2. The petitioner is the brother of the detenu, A.Chandran, who wasconvicted and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life for the offencecommitted under Sec.302,I.P.C. in S.C.No. 132 of 1984 on the file of the learnedSessions Judge, Tiruchirappalli, on 8.2.1985. An appeal in C.A.No. 189 of 1985was filed against the conviction and sentence imposed on the detenu in S.C.No.132 of 1984 and the same was confirmed by this Court, by judgment dated26.6.1991. Before suspension of sentence by this Court in the appeal, the detenuwas undergoing imprisonment for the period from 8.2.1985 till 26.2.1985. Afterdismissal of the said appeal, the detenu has been undergoing imprisonment forthe period from 26.6.1991 till this date. The detenu was under detention from6.5.1984 to 30.7.1984 under Act 14 of 1982 and the said period has to be takenin computing the period of imprisonment

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