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HARPREET SINGH BRAR
Pawan Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Harpreet Singh Brar, J.
1. Prayer in this criminal writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for setting-aside the order dated 07.11.2024 (Annexure P-6) passed by respondent No. 1, vide which the case of the petitioner for premature release has been rejected and the same has been deferred to be reconsidered after a period of two years. Further prayer has been made to direct the respondents to release the petitioner as per the pre-mature policy dated 12.04.2002 (Annexure P-2) and to stay the operation of the order dated 07.11.2024 (Annexure P-6), during the pendency of the present writ petition.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the petitioner has earlier approached this Court by way of filing a petition i.e. CRWP No. 8171 of 2024, seeking the aforesaid relief and the Coordinate Bench of this Court disposed of the said petition on 24.09.2024, with liberty to the petitioner to make a detailed representation before the Director General of Prisons, Haryana, and thereafter, the petitioner filed a detailed representation dated 27.09.2024 (Annexure P-5), however, vide impugne
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