The petitioner is a life convict and she would state that she was convicted and sentenced to death in Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case and her conviction and sentence of death, awarded by the Trial Court for the offence under Section 120-B read with Section 302 IPC, was confirmed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, vide order dated 11.05.1999 in Death Reference Case No. 1 of 1998 etc. The sentence of death awarded to the petitioner was commuted to rigorous imprisonment for life by the first respondent under Article 161 of the Constitution of India on 24.04.2000. The petitioner would further state that the date of conviction was 28.01.1998 and her death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on 24.04.2000 and she had completed the sentence of imprisonment for more than 22 years.

2. The grievance expressed by the petitioner is that though about 2200 life convicts who had served ten years of imprisonment and less were released by the first respondent in exercise of powers under Article 161 of the Constitution of India, her case has not been considered on the ground that it falls under Section 435 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The petitioner also placed reliance