IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sanjay Kumar ….Petitioner versus State of Haryana and others ….Respondents Date of Decision: March 27, 2026 Date of Uploading: March 30, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Lajpat Rai Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Priyanka Sadar Thakur, Senior DAG Haryana.

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SUMEET GOEL, J.

Present criminal writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of Certiorari, seeking setting-aside of the impugned order dated 05.09.2025 (Annexure P-3) passed by respondent No.1, vide which the case of the petitioner for pre-mature release has been rejected and deferred to be reconsidered after a period of two years, against the law laid down by this Court in CRWP-8232-2022 titled as Pohlu @ Polu Ram versus State of Haryana and others, decided on 05.02.2024 and further in violation of Premature Release Policy dated 04.02.1993. Further prayer has been made to direct the respondents to release the petitioner as per the Pre-Mature Release Policy dated 04.02.1993 (Annexure P-2); and to stay the operation of the order dated 05.09.2025 (Annexure P-3), during the pe