punishable under Section 302 read with Sections 147 and 148 of the Indian Criminal Appeal @ Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.6166 of 2023 Page 1 of 17Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘the IPC’) and was sentenced on 18th February 2008 to undergo life imprisonment. The conviction of the appellant has attained finality. 4. The present appeal arises out of an order passed by the High Court of Gujarat on an application made by the appellant for grant of parole under Rule 19 of the Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959. As the prayer was rejected by the impugned order, this appeal was filed before this Court. While arguing the appeal before this Court, on 26th June 2023, a submission was made on behalf of the appellant that the application for remission made by the appellant under sub­section (2) of Section 432 of the CrPC was not being considered by the State Government. Therefore, a notice was issued on 26th June 2023 on that limited aspect, and a direction was issued to