1` IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Criminal W.P.No. 13/2011 Someshwar Dago Raut vs. The State of Maharashtra, through the Secretary, Home Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai and others. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's or directions and Registrar's orders. Orders. Mrs. Nandita Tripati, APP for the respondents. CORAM : MRS. V.K.TAHILRAMANI & P.B.VARALE, JJ DATE : 8.3.2011 This petition has been filed by 35 prisoners raising grievance in relation to the procedure adopted by the authorities while granting extension of parole. The grievance is that the procedure adopted by the authorities takes an inordinate long time due to which the period for which they have been granted parole expires and they are required to surrender back to the prison as no reply is received from the authorities in relation to the application for extension of time. 2. A detailed affidavit has been filed by the 2` Office of the Divisional Commissioner, Nagpur. In the said reply, it is stated that the basic delay is caused while receiving the police report. It is stated that the police authorities and crime branches will create E-mail ID to communicate with each other and the matter has been circulated to all police authorities and the system has started of creating E-mail I.D. by the authorities, and all the Police Stations of every division have also been informed to create their independent E-mail I.D.. It is also stated that the police report has to be called upon by E-mail and it has to be communicated that whether the police report has been submitted immediately or not through E-mail. Certain police authorities were unable to contact through E-mail because there was lack of training amongst them. Therefore, one day seminar was held to give training to the police officials. It is stated that on receiving an application for parole from any prisoner, the police report from the Police station is to be called through E- mail and all the information is supplied to the concerned department by the same which would save 3` time. As per the circular of the Home Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai bearing No. PR.COT-1008/Pra. Kra. 605/PRS-3 dated 16th December, 2008, it has been decided that, as per Para No.6 of the joint letter, on receiving the police report from the concerned police authority, the office has to take decision relating to parole of the prisoner within seven days and as per the para no.7 of the joint letter on deciding the application for parole by the answering respondent, the prisoner has to be informed about the decision within ten days, therefore, total period of 17 days would be taken for deciding the application for parole as well as communicating the decision to the prisoner. 3. In view of the reply, the grievance of the petitioner is redressed. Hence, no further orders are necessary, hence, the petition is disposed of. JUDGE JUDGE patle 4`