JASJIT SINGH BEDI
Pawan Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Jasjit Singh Bedi, J. (Oral) - The present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed praying for the issuance of an appropriate order or direction, directing the respondents to release the petitioner forthwith prematurely on usual terms and conditions as per Govt. Instructions dated 08.07.1991 (Annexure P-1) as further the detention of the petitioner in jail would be illegal, arbitrary and discriminatory with a further prayer to consider the case of the petitioner for the grant of premature release in terms of the Policy (Annexure P-1). It is still further prayed that during the pendency of this case, the petitioner be released to interim bail/parole.
2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner was arrested in FIR No.177 dated 24.10.1996 registered under Sections 302, 307, 392, 34 IPC and under Sections 25 and 27 of Arms Act, Police Station Kotwali, District Bathinda and tried for the said offences and ultimately convicted under Sections 302 and 392 read with Section 34 IPC and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life by the learned Additional Session Judge, Bathinda on 10.10.2020. Thereafter, the petitioner assailed the impugned jud
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