P&H: Sets Aside Rejection of Premature Release Plea, Orders Fresh Consideration Within One Month

punjab-haryana
⚖️ Order Date: 09 Sep 2026
Headnotes

(i) Haryana Prisons Rules, 2022, R.187(2)(b)(ii) — Premature release — Petitioner had undergone 12 years, 01 month and 26 days of actual sentence and her total sentence inclusive of remission stood at 19 years, 02 months and 09 days — Impugned order rejecting case and...

(ii) Haryana Prisons Rules, 2022, R.187(2)(b)(ii) — Premature release — Haryana Government Gazette (Extraordinary) dated 30.12.2022, Part-2-A, Clause XII, Clause 2A, 2B — Case of petitioner did not fall within any of categories enumerated under Clause 2-A and was liable to be considered under Clause...

(iii) Haryana Prisons Rules, 2022, R.187(2)(b)(ii) — Premature release — Conduct of prisoner — Impugned order did not record any adverse finding regarding the conduct of the petitioner — There was no finding that conduct during relevant period was bad or otherwise disentitled from consideration...


Facts of the Case

P&H: Sets Aside Rejection of Premature Release Plea, Orders Fresh Consideration Within One Month

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside the rejection of a woman prisoner’s plea for premature release and directed the Haryana authorities to reconsider her case afresh within one month.

Justice Virinder Aggarwal was hearing a writ petition filed by Kailash Devi under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution, along with Rule 187(2)(b)(ii) of the Haryana Prisons Rules, 2022. She challenged the State Level Committee’s order dated September 5, 2025, which had rejected her request for premature release and deferred reconsideration for two years.

The petitioner argued that she had already completed the sentence required under the...

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