Sunil Dnyandev Lahare v. The State Of Maharashtra

953. WP 2955.21.doc JPP

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2955 OF 2021 Sunil Dnyandev Lahare ... Petitioner V/s.

The Inspector General, Prisons & Ors.

... Respondents Ms. Devyani Kulkarni, Advocate appointed through Legal Aid Panel for the Petitioner Mr. K.V. Saste, APP for the Respondent - State CORAM : NITIN JAMDAR & SARANG V. KOTWAL, JJ.

DATE : 18 NOVEMBER 2021 P.C. :- This Petition is filed challenging the rejection of the Petitioner's application seeking Emergency (Covid-19) Parole and for a direction that the Petitioner should be released on Emergency Parole under Rule 19(1)(C) of the Maharashtra Prisons (Mumbai Furlough and Parole Rules, 1959 (as amended). 2.

The relief based on Rule 19(1)(C) of Rules of 1959. It cannot be granted in the light of Rule 19(1)(C) (ii) that states that the offences punishable under the Maharashtra Control of

953. WP 2955.21.doc Organized Crime (MCOC) Act, 1999 have been specifically excluded from the purview of grant of Emergency Parole. 3.

In the light of this statutory bar, no relief can be granted in this Petition, which is accordingly rejected. SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.

NITIN JAMDAR, J.

JYOTI PRAKASH PAWAR JYOTI PRAKASH PAWAR Date: 2021.11.25 10:58:48 +0530