SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Prithwis Chawdhury

Vs.

Union of India Ministry of Home Secretary

WP(Crl.)No.180 of 2016

(Rohinton Fali Nariman and Sanjay Kishan Kaul,JJ.,)

07.07.2017

ORDER

1. We have been informed by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has been in this particular correctional home for a period of over 19 years.

2. Having regard to the statutory mandate contained in Section 61(2) of the West Bengal Co-rrectional Services Act, 1992, we think that this is a fit case in which the petitioner should be released forthwith.

3. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly.