Citation : 2016 Latest Caselaw 6420 Bom
Judgement Date : 27 October, 2016
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 3629 OF 2016
Sou. Rekha Rajendra Magar ]
Age 37 years, Occ: Nil ]
Residing at Sagunamatnagar, Malthan]
Taluka Phaltan, Dist. Satara, ]
(At present lodged at Yerawada ]
Female Prison as Convict No. C- 28) ].. Petitioner
Vs.
1. The State of Maharashtra ]
Through Secretary, Home Deptt. ig ]
Mantralaya, Mumbai-400032 ]
]
2. The Superintendent, ]
Yerawada Female Prison, ]
Pune ].. Respondent
....
Mr. D.G. Khamkar Advocate for Petitioner
Mr. H.J. Dedia A.P.P. for the State
....
CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI AND
MRS. MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ.
DATED : OCTOBER 27, 2016
ORAL JUDGMENT : [PER SMT. V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J. ]:
1 Heard both sides. Rule. Rule is made returnable
forthwith. By consent, matter is taken up for final hearing.
2 The petitioner has been mainly convicted under
Section 302 of IPC. The petitioner is undergoing life
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imprisonment. The prayer of the petitioner is that direction be
issued to the respondent to decide the case of the petitioner
for premature release as per the Guidelines of the State
Government, expeditiously.
3 The learned A.P.P. on instructions states that the case
of the petitioner has been decided for premature release as per
the Guidelines of the State Government and pursuant to the
categorization as per the Guidelines, the petitioner has infact,
been released from prison after completing the period of
imprisonment. The learned A.P.P. tendered the report of the
Superintendent of Yerawada Woman Open Prison, Pune which
shows that the petitioner has been released from prison after
undergoing the period of imprisonment as stated in the
Guidelines set out by the Government. In this view of the
matter, nothing further survives in this petition. Hence, the
petition is dismissed. Rule is discharged.
[ MRS. MRIDULA BHATKAR, J.] [ SMT. V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. ]
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