Vencil Roy Miranda v. The State Of Maharashtra And ORS

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1819 of 2017 WITH CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.375 OF 2017 IN WRIT PETITION NO.1819 OF 2017 WITH CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.8 of 2018 IN WRIT PETITION NO.1819 OF 2017 Vencil Roy Miranda .. Petitioner

Versus

The State of Maharashtra & ors .. Respondents ...

Ms.Rohini Dandekar for the petitioner.

Mrs.P.P. Shinde, APP for the State.

CORAM: SHRI RANJIT MORE & SMT. BHARATI H.DANGRE, JJ.

DATED : 22ND OCTOBER, 2018 P.C:- Heard.

Petition is filed seeking direction to the Jail Authorities not to put any sort of restriction on the petitioner for sending welfare letters to his wife/relatives. Learned APP, on instructions, submits that in terms of Rule 17 of the Tilak

2/2 12 WP-1819-17.doc Maharashtra Prisons (Facilities to Prisoners) Rules, 1962, the convicted prisoner is allowed to write two letters, one at the cost of State Government and one at his own cost. On instructions, she makes a statement that provisions of the said Rule would be valid in law and the petitioner who is convicted, will be allowed to write two letters as per the provisions of Rule 17 of the said Rules. Statement accepted.

In light of above, nothing survives for consideration in the petition. Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. In view of the disposal of Writ Petition, Criminal Applications also do not survive and are disposed of accordingly.

(SMT. BHARATI H. DANGRE, J.) (RANJIT MORE, J.) Tilak