Popat Bhanudas Mandalik v. The State Of Maharashtra And Another

2024:BHC-AUG:8495-DB

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD 931 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 741 OF 2024 POPAT BHANUDAS MANDALIK

VERSUS

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER ...

Advocate for Petitioner : Ms. Chate Sharada Pundlik APP for Respondents : Mrs. V.N. Patil-Jadhav ...

CORAM

: MANGESH S. PATIL & SHAILESH P. BRAHME, JJ.

DATE : 19 APRIL 2024 PER COURT :

Heard.

2.

The petitioner's application for premature relief has been pending for more than a year. According to him, contemplating the categorization, he having already spend more than twenty two years in actual imprisonment, immediate decision would set him at liberty.

3.

We dispose of the writ petition by directing respondent no. 1 to decide the petitioner's proposal as expeditiously as possible and in any case within a period of four weeks. [ SHAILESH P. BRAHME, J. ] [ MANGESH S. PATIL, J. ] Thakur-Chauhan/-