AJN 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.3390 OF 2009 Ali Asgar Alif Khan @ Guddu ... Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra. ... Respondent Mr. Jayant Gohil for the petitioner. Ms. U.V. Kejariwal, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM: SMT. RANJANA DESAI & MRS. MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ. DATED : 19TH JANUARY, 2010. P.C.:- 1. The petitioner is an under-trial prisoner. He has preferred this petition through Taloja Central Prison. The petitioner has lost his sister. The petitioner wants to attend certain religious rites which are to take place on Thursday i.e. on 21/1/2010. He has, therefore, prayed that he may be taken to Andheri where the religious rites AJN 2 will be done on 21/1/2010. Learned A.P.P. has tendered in the court a letter dated 8/1/2010 addressed by the Senior Inspector of Police (Protection), Tardeo, Mumbai, stating that the petitioner will be taken to Andheri to attend the religious rites on 21/1/2010 under police escort. It is stated in the said letter that the petitioner will have to pay Rs.5,000/- towards escort expenses for 12 hours. The said letter is taken on record and marked “X”. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the said amount of Rs.5,000/- will be deposited with the concerned jail authority. Hence, we pass the following order: ORDER “Upon the petitioner depositing Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand only) with the concerned jail authority, the petitioner – Ali Asgar Alif Khan @ Guddu be taken to Saibaba Society Chawl, Room No.202, Usmania Dairy, Gondevi, AJN 3 Dongri, Andheri (West), Mumbai and Andheri Char Bungalow Kabrastan, Andheri (West), Mumbai – 400 058 at 8.00 a.m. on 21/1/2010 under adequate police escort as stated in the letter dated 8/1/2010. After the religious rites are over, he shall be brought back to the Taloja Central Prison under the same escort.” 2. The petition is disposed of in the aforestated terms. 3. All concerned to act on the authenticated copy of this order. [SMT. RANJANA DESAI, J.] [MRS. MRIDULA BHATKAR, J.]