2017 INSC 0521
                                    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.

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