1 2026:CGHC:6178-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPCR No. 76 of 2026 • Rajkumar S/o Shri Mitthu Mallah, Aged About 61 Years (About 28 Years at the time of Incident), R/o Camp 2, Nishad Sudhar Samiti, Near Tadi Shop, Bhilai, Police Station- Chhawani, District Durg C.G., Present Address- New Santoshipara, Ward - 33, Vivekanand Colony, Camp 2 Bhilai, Police Station- Chhawani, District Durg C.G. ... Petitioner versus 1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Home (Jail) Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Raipur C.G. 2 - The Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services Chhattisgarh, Head Quarter- Prisons and Correctional Services Chhattisgarh, Raipur C.G. 3 - The Jail Superintendent, Central Jail Durg C.G. ... Respondents (Cause-title taken from Case Information System) For Petitioner : Mr. Rishi Rahul Soni, Advocate. For Respondent-State : Mr. Priyank Rathi, Govt. Advocate. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge Order on Board Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice 04-02-2026 Digitally signed by MOHAMMED AADIL KHAN Date: 2026.02.05 18:38:11 +0530 2 1. Heard Mr. Rishi Rahul Soni, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. Priyank Rathi, learned Government Advocate for the State/respondents No. 1 to 3. 2. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner seeks the following relief(s): “10.1 The Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to call for the entire records pertaining to this case from possession of the respondents for it’s kind perusal; 10.2 The Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue a suitable writ, order or direction commanding the respondents to consider and decide the case/prayer of the petitioner for remission of rest part of sentence under Section 432 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973/473 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 as early as possible preferably within a period of 30 days or within any other suitable period; and 10.3 Any other relief, which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper, may also be passed in favour of the petitioner.” 3. By way of this petition, the petitioner is challenging the arbitrariness on the part of the respondents in causing delay in 3 deciding the case/prayer of the petitioner for remission of rest part of sentence under section 432 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 (in short ‘Cr.P.C.)/473 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 (in short ‘BNSS’). 4. Mr. Soni, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has undergone actual jail sentence for the period more than 16 years and has completed more than 20 years of imprisonment together with earned remission, and therefore, the petitioner is entitled to remission under section 432 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (under Section 473 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023). The application preferred by the petitioner for remission of the rest part of sentence is pending since April 2024 and a period of more than 1 year and 08 months has already lapsed but it is the extreme arbitrariness on the part of the respondent authorities who are causing delay in deciding the case/prayer of the petitioner for remission of rest part of sentence under section 432 of the Cr.P.C. / Section 473 of the BNSS. 5. Learned Government Advocate appearing for the State/respondents also endorses the fact that the petitioner’s case for remission is still pending for consideration. 6. In view of the above submission, the respondent authority concerned is directed to decide the case of the petitioner for remission as early as possible, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of production of a copy of this order. 4 7. With the aforesaid observation/direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. Sd/- Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) (Ramesh Sinha) Judge Chief Justice Aadil