IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.620 of 2024 Arising Out of P.S. Case No.-310 Year-2009 Thana- Bahadurpur District- Darbhanga ======================================================

Jagarnath Thakur ... ... Appellant Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent ======================================================

Appearance:

For the Appellant/s : Mr. Manish Kumar No. 13 For the Respondent/s : Mr. Ajay Mishra ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE)

21 13-05-2026 When the matter was taken up on 04.05.2026, after considering the affidavits filed by Rajiv Kumar, A.I.G. (R) Prisons and Correctional Services, Bihar, Patna as well as the submission of the learned Advocate General who placed relevant provisions of Rules 481, 482 and 483 of Bihar Prison Manual, 2012 (hereinafter ‘2012 Manual’), and further noting that the Bihar State Sentence Remission Board has observed that the premature release of the appellant would be considered only after completion of twenty years period with remission which would be on 28.10.2029, even