JUDGMENT

Dr. S. Muralidhar, J. - This is a petition challenging the order dated 5 th June, 2020 of the Divisional Commissioner, Hisar, ('Divisional Commissioner') rejecting the Petitioner's application for temporary release/parole, on the grounds that the trial Court i.e. the Court of the Additional Sessions Judge, Hisar, has by an order dated 16 th October 2018 awarded her a sentence of imprisonment for life i.e. whole of her natural life, without any remission, consequent to her conviction for the offences under Sections 302, 343 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code in FIR No. 429 of 2014 registered at Police Station Barwala.

2. It has been argued by Mr. Arjun Sheoran, learned counsel for the Petitioner, that the reasons given in the impugned order dated 5 th June, 2020 of the Divisional Commissioner are contrary to the law laid down by the Supreme Court in Union of India vs. V. Sriharan @ Murugan (2016) 1 SCC 1 . In other words, he submitted that the trial Court could not have while awarding the sentence directed that the Petitioner would not be entitled to any remission and further that her request for temporary release/parole could not have been refused on that ground. He pointed