IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.558 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-49 Year-2006 Thana- LAKHISARAI District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== Pramod Singh Son of Keshri Singh Resident of Village - Balgudar, P.s.- Lakhisarai, Distt.- Lakhisarai. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Principal secretary, Home Deptt. , Govt. of Bihar, Patna. Bihar 2. The District Magistrate, Lakhisarai. Bihar 3. The Superintendent of Police, Lakhisarai. Bihar 4. The Superintendent, Distt. Jail, Lakhisarai. Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : None For the Respondent/s : Mr. Pawan Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIBEK CHAUDHURI ORAL ORDER 3 07-01-2025 None appears on behalf of the petitioner in spite of repeated call. 2. The learned Advocate on behalf of the State is present. 3. The petitioner is a convict suffering sentence for committing offence under Section 302/34 of the I.P.C. in Sessions Trial Case No. 395 of 2007. The order of conviction and sentence to imprisonment for life was affirmed by the Division Bench of this Court in Cr. Appeal (D.B.) No. 1194 of 2008 of this Court. The petitioner has been in incarceration suffering the order of conviction for more than 15 years. Patna High Court CR. WJC No.558 of 2022(3) dt.07-01-2025 2/2 Therefore, the instant application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed on the ground that the petitioner’s case may be sent to the State Sentence Remission Board, Patna for remission of his sentence and consequential pre-mature release. 4. When the matter is called on, nobody represented the petitioner. This Court waits till 10:47 A.M. 5. In view of no steps being taken by the petitioner, I have no other alternative but to dismiss the instant criminal writ petition for default. 6. The instant criminal writ petition is accordingly dismissed for default. pravinkumar/- (Bibek Chaudhuri, J) U T