JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to consider the petition dated 23.07.2019 submitted to first respondent for premature release of the petitioners husband K. Moorthy extending the benefit of the G.O.M.S. No. 64, Home (Prison), dated 01.02.2018, life convict No. 5414 detained in the Central Jail, Madurai and undergoing the life sentence in S.C. No. 34 of 1999, on the file of the learned First Additional Sessions Judge, Salem.

1. This writ petition is filed by the wife of the life convict seeking premature release of her husband by extending the benefits of G.O. (Ms) No. 64, Home (Prison-IV) Department, dated 01.02.2018.

2. The facts of the case is that the life convict was tried for the charges under Sections 148, 341 and 302 I.P.C. (five counts) and Section 3 of the Explosive Substances Act in S.C. No. 34 of 1999, on the file of the learned I Additional Sessions Judge, Salem and was sentenced to undergo the following imprisonments: