- 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1907 OF 2009 Vasudev @ Vikas Vasant Avasthi .... Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. .... Respondents Shri N.N. Gavankar i/b Shri Arfan Sait for the Petitioner. Shri K.V. Saste, APP, for the State. CORAM: BILAL NAZKI & A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATED: 10TH AUGUST, 2009 P.C: The petitioner was convicted on 10-3-1983 and sentenced to suffer life imprisonment. His case for premature release has been considered under the 2008 guidelines. By a recent judgment pronounced on 3-8-2009 in Criminal Writ Petition No.207 of 2009 {Ravindra Shantaram Sawant v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.}, this Court held that the guidelines to be taken into consideration for the purpose of - 2 - premature release would be the guidelines in force at the time of conviction. Following the said judgment, we allow this writ petition; set aside the impugned order and direct the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for his premature release on the basis of the guidelines in force on 10-3-1983. This shall be done within six weeks. With the above observations, the petition is disposed of. BILAL NAZKI, J. A.R. JOSHI, J.