Sagar Vijay Gawali v. The State Of Maharashtra

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1797 OF 2018 Sagar V. Gawali

...Petitioner

Versus

The State of Maharashtra

...Respondent

Ms Rohini M. Dandekar, Advocate appointed for the Petitioner.

Mr. Arfan Sait, APP for the Respondent-State. ---- CORAM : SMT. V. K. TAHILRAMANI, Acting C.J.& M. S. SONAK, J.

DATE : 05.06.2018.

ORAL JUDGMENT [PER SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, A.C.J.] :

1] Heard both sides.

2] The petitioner is undergoing imprisonment for life in Nashik Road Central Prison, Nashik. The prayer of the petitioner is that the Notification dated 26.08.2016 issued in relation to the Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959 (Rules 1959) be reconsidered.

3] It is an admitted fact that the Government has issued a new Notification dated 16.04.2018, which has superseded the Notification dated 26.8.2016. In this view

42-cri-wp-1797-18 of the matter, this petition has become infructuous. Hence, Rule is discharged.

4] Office to communicate this order to the petitioner, who is in Nashik Road Central Prison, Nashik. (M.S. SONAK, J.) (ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE) D.S.Sherla