1 wp-2336-10.sxw dgm IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2336 OF 2010 Pandit Pandurang Shelke .... Petitioner vs The State of Maharashtra & anr. .... Respondents Mr. D. G. Khamkar for the petitioner. Mrs. P. P. Shinde, APP for respondents/State. CORAM: B.H. MARLAPALLE & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATE : 16th August, 2010 P.C.: None for the petitioner. Mrs. Shinde, learned APP appears for the respondents. 2 The petitioner is a life convict and in April 2009 he came to be transferred to Open Prison at Morshi in Amravati district. He has submitted an application on 29.01.2010 requesting for his transfer to the Open Prison at Yerwada, Pune and his application has not yet been decided by respondent no.2. 3 In his application dated 29.01.2010 he has stated that since he is a resident of village : Salpe, taluka Karjat of Raigad district and he was undergoing the life sentence at the Yerwada Central Prison, Pune before he was transferred to Open Prison at Morshi which is about 1000 kms. away from his village. His brother who was also a co-accused is undergoing sentence at the Yerwada Central Prison 2 wp-2336-10.sxw as at present and any family member wanting to visit him has to travel about 1000 kms. and if he is transferred to Open Prison at Yerwada any member of the family can meet both the brothers. 4 Without going into the merits of this application, we direct respondent no.2 to decide the same as per the prevailing policy and by taking into consideration the petitioner’s jail record, as expeditiously as possible and preferably within one month from today. 5 The petition is accordingly disposed off in terms of above directions. 6 The learned APP to communicate this order to respondent no.2. (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) ( B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)