JARNAIL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) JARNAIL Singh being aggrieved by the judgment dated 14.2.1997 passed by the Sessions Judge, Faridkot had filed the present appeal through the Punjab Legal Services Authority.

(2.) AT the time of arguments, Ms. Vandana Malhotra, Advocate on behalf of the Punjab Legal Services Authority has filed an office report of the Additional Member Secretary of the Punjab Legal Services Authority, Chandigarh for bringing to the notice of this Court that the appellant having already been released from the District Jail, Faridkot on 19.10.2005 after having completed his sentence on the basis of remissions granted to him has intimated the Authority that he had already undergone the sentence and he did not wish to pursue the appeal any more before stating that :-

(3.) TAKING up the second issue first we are of the view that as such a situation does not bring any credit to the institution, it might be appropriate for the institution to consider ways and means of ensuring that the cases of persons who are in custody are decided before they complete the sentences awarded to them.