IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 21 OF 2004 WRIT PETITION NO. 21 OF 2004 WRIT PETITION NO. 21 OF 2004 Hanumant Chauhan, s/o Shankar Chauhan, r/o H.No.22, Moti Dongar, Margao(S.Goa), India-403 601, presently lodged as Convict No.577, at the Central Jail Aguada, Sinquerim, Bardez, Goa, India-403 519. ... Petitioner versus 1. State of Goa, through Public Prosecutor. 2. Superintendent of Central Jail, Aguada, Goa. ... Respondents Mrs. Asha Dessai, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. S. N. Sardessai, Public Prosecutor for the State. CORAM : P. V. HARDAS, J. DATE : 15TH APRIL, 2004. ORAL JUDGMENT ORAL JUDGMENT ORAL JUDGMENT Rule returnable forthwith. By consent of the learned Counsel for the parties, the matter is taken up for final hearing at the stage of admission. 2. By this Petition, the Petitioner seeks his release on parole in pursuance to his application dated 20th August, 2003. On notice being issued, the Respondent No.2 has filed his Affidavit in which at para 1, it is stated that apparently the application - 2 - filed by the Petitioner dated 20th August, 2003, was misplaced and the Petitioner thereafter submitted another application dated 10th December, 2003, and in pursuance to which the Inspector General of Prison has granted parole of 15 days to the Petitioner by Order dated 14th April, 2004. 3. In view of this, the prayer of the Petitioner in the present Petition stands answered and Criminal Writ Petition No.21 of 2004 is dismissed with no order as to costs. Rule discharged. P. V. HARDAS, J. RD.