DEEPAK GUPTA, J.

By way of this Criminal Writ Petition filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, petitioner prays for issuance of direction to the respondents to grant her premature release under Article 161 of the Constitution of India as per policy of the State, as petitioner has already completed the requisite period of sentence for grant of premature release, having served more than 16.5 years of actual custody (now more than 17 years).

2. Admittedly, petitioner and one Manjeet Singh were convicted under Section 302 read with Section 120B IPC in a case arising out of FIR No. 321 dated 14.10.2005, registered at Police Station Civil Lines, Patiala, vide judgment dated 28.03.2012 by the Court of ld. Additional Sessions Judge, Chandigarh. Vide separate order dated 30.03.2012 (Annexure P1), petitioner as well as co-convict were sentenced to ‘undergo imprisonment for life, which would extend to their full life’ and to pay fine of ? 50,000/- each with default sentence for committing the said offence under Section 302 read with Section 120B IPC. Criminal Appeal No. CRA-525-D