1 APPLN.5776-2010 acd IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 5776 OF 2010 Salim Abdul Razzak Baig ..Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent. WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 200 OF 2011 Baig Salim Abdul Razzak ..Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent. ----- None for the Applicant/Petitioner. Dr. F.R. Shaikh, APP for the State in Cri.Appln.No.5776/2010. Ms. M.H. Mhatre, APP for the State in WP No.200 of 2011. ---- CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & U.D. SALVI, JJ. JUNE 21, 2011. P.C. 1. We have perused the inquiry report submitted by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kolhapur dated 11.2.2011 as well as the affidavit filed by Dr. Shivajirao Patil, the Medical Officer of Kolhapur Central Prison, Kalamba. 2 APPLN.5776-2010 2. The learned APP has placed before us a copy of the letter dated 20.6.2011 received by her from the Additional Secretary in the Home Department, Government of Maharashtra. 3. Admittedly, in the abovementioned jail there are about 1200 inmates and presently there is only one Medical Officer attached to the said jail. Despite the fact that there is separate Civil Hospital and the Government Medical College at Kolhapur, in our opinion, at least one more doctor on full time basis is required to be appointed in the said jail so that the dispensary of the jail will remain open throughout the day and one of the doctors must be available in the jail premises, if in case of emergency after or before the dispensary timings. 4. We, therefore, direct the Secretary, Home Department and In- charge of Jails to examine the requirement of additional doctors in all jails in the State of Maharashtra and take further steps for their appointments, as expeditiously as possible, and preferably within a period of three months. 3 APPLN.5776-2010 5. The compliance report be submitted to the Registry of this Court through the learned Public Prosecutor. 6. The Criminal Application as well as Criminal Writ Petition stand disposed off in terms of the above directions. (U.D. SALVI, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)