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2025 DAILYLAW 28708 (ALL)

JITAN KUMARI v. STATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

CRLP/7793/2025 · 2025-04-22

Mahesh Chandra Tripathi, Sandeep Chaudhary Joint Registrar Judicial

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:61527-DB Court No. - 42 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 7793 of 2025 Petitioner :- Jitan Kumari Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Adarsh Shukla,Siddharth Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Anil Kumar-X,J. 1. Heard Shri Siddharth Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.A. for the State respondents. 2. The relief sought in this petition is for direction to the respondents to grant the benefit of remission as provided under Section 432/433 of Cr.P.C. and 371/372 BNSS and release him from jail. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as the petitioner has already undergone 17 years of rigorous/actual imprisonment (19 years with remission), the respondents may be directed to consider the grievance of the petitioner as provided under Section 432/433 of Cr.P.C. and 371/372 BNSS and release him on bail. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances, we are not inclined to entertain the writ petition and issue notice to the respondents for filing counter affidavit. 5. With the consent of the parties, we dispose of the writ petition, at the admission stage, with observations that the application of petitioner is to be processed by the Jail Superintendent, Central Jail, Varanasi (respondent no.4) within two weeks and later-on the same may be sent to the Competent Authority for approval in accordance with law. (Anil Kumar-X,J.) (Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.) Order Date :- 23.4.2025 A. Pandey Digitally signed by :- ANAND PANDEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad