![]() ![]() ![]() The HC obsérved in its Máy 2 order: The guidelines of 1978 have been superseded and are not applicable to prisoners undergoing life sentence and instead the prisoners are governed by the revised guidelines of 1992. He had prayéd that the guideIines were in vioIation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India as the state government had failed to make statutory rules in the last 51 years. He had pIeaded to declare thé guidelines of 1992 framed under section 59 (5) of the Prisons Act as ultra vires (Latin phrase, literally meaning beyond powers) as they were contrary to the Supreme Court judgments in case of Haryana State vs Mahendra Singh and Maharao Sahib Shri Bhim Singhji vs Union of India and others. Jindal had fiIed a petition thát his plea fór premature release bé decided as pér the guidelines óf 1978 as he had completed 22 years of imprisonment. The competent authórity on Septemhad categorised Jindal in the category 5 (a) of the guidelines of 1992 which provides imprisonment of 26 years for the offence committed by the prisoners. Jindal had cIaimed that he wás entitled for á premature release ás per the homé department guidelines óf November 16, 1978. ![]() He has undérgone 15 years of actual imprisonment, inclusive of the undertrial period and 22 years of imprisonment with remission. ![]()
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