Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:142465-DB Court No. - 43 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 11540 of 2025 Petitioner :- Bhagwandas Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sunil Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Siddhartha Varma,J. Hon'ble Abdul Shahid,J. 1. When in Case Crime No.92 of 1999 under Sections 147, 148, 149, 302, 307 IPC and Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, trial was undergone and the petitioner was sentenced for life and when he had completed almost around 31 years in jail, he moved an application for remission of sentence. The application was moved before the State Government. 2. Today, instructions have been received by the learned AGA stating that since the Central Government had to look into the matter of remission as the petitioner was also punished under Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, the matter had been referred to the Central Government and that the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi was seized with the matter. 3. Without going further into the merits of the case, we provide that the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi, who as per the Under Secretary, Home Ministry, State of UP, is now seized with the matter, shall decide the matter vis-a- vis remission of the petitioner within a period of one month from the date of production of certified copy of this order before him. 4. The certified copy of this order be provided to the Secretary, Ministry of Home, State of UP through Registrar (Compliance) and he shall place the order before the appropriate authority, i.e., the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi. After receipt of the order, the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India shall decide the case of the petitioner within a period of one month. 5. With the above observation, the writ petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 20.8.2025 LN Tripathi Digitally signed by :- LALIT TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad