JUDGMENT :

M.M.SUNDRESH, J.

Prayer: Appeal filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the order dated 04.05.2020 passed in W.P.No.7559 of 2020. Habeas Corpus Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950, praying to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to produce the body of the detenu A.Palaniswamy @ Palaniyappan, S/o Andiyappan (Convict Prisoner No.6961) before this Court, who is illegally detained by the third respondent.

As the cases on hand deal with the same detenu with the interlinked issues, they are appositely disposed of by a common judgment.

2. The detenu, who is a life convict was found guilty of the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 392 IPC in S.C.No.80 of 2008 by the Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court No.I), Erode, on 10.11.2008 and accordingly, he was sentenced to undergo life imprisonment and 10 years rigorous imprisonment respectively.

3. The appeal filed by the convict, on contest, was dismissed in Criminal Appeal No.107 of 2009 on 18.08.2009.

4. The Government Order was passed providing for premature release to the life convict in G.O.Ms.No.64, Home(Prison-IV) Department, dated 01.02.2018 in commemoration of 100