:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.525 OF 2004 Rajendra Dattatraya Mesat ... Applicant versus State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ... Mr. Pranali Kakade, for the Applicant, amicus curiae. Mr. V.B. Konde Deshmukh, for the Respondent. ... CORAM : A.M.KHANWILKAR,J. 19th January 2005 P.C.: 1. Learned A.P.P. states on instructions that the Applicant has already been released on parole by the authorities for the period between 4-9-2004 to 5-12-2004. In the circumstances, nothing survives in this application, which has been moved much earlier to that period. Hence, disposed of. Court expresses word of appreciation for Mrs. Kakade, who is appearing :2: as amicus curiae.