-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1770 OF 2008 Lakshetty Shankar @ Odaiah Lakhshetty ...Petitioner vs. State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr. Sandeep Korgave (appointed) for the petitioner. Mrs. P.H. Kantharia, Additional Public Prosecutor, for the Respondent. CORAM: BILAL NAZKI & ANOOP V. MOHTA , JJ. DATE: JANUARY 22, 2009 P.C. The petition has been filed for premature release. It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, under instructions, that the prisoner has died on 1st November, 2008 and as such the petition has become infructuous. The report submitted by the Additional Public Prosecutor is taken on record. The petition is dismissed as infructuous. BILAL NAZKI, J. ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.