1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR. Criminal Writ Petition No. 72 of 2009 [Gajanan Baliram Shegokar Vs. State of Mah. & another] Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Mr. T.A. Mirza, APP for respondents. ----- CORAM : A.H. JOSHI AND R.C. CHAVAN, JJ. DATE : 11th February, 2009. 1. Petitioner's grievance is that punishment of forfeiture of remission for a day's absence is a punishment which is excessive and imposed in arbitrary exercise of discretion. We have come across the cases where punishment is varying from one to fie days, and in no case, we have seen that any rational behind choice of punishment is disclosed. 2. We, therefore, desire to get ourselves satisfied as to what is the rational underlying various orders of this type. 3. We, therefore, direct the Deputy Inspector General of Prisons, East Zone, Nagpur, to produce before us in duplicate the copies of orders passed in various cases where the punishment of forfeiture of remission is ordered during the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 in Central Prison, Nagpur, and Central Prison, Amravati, on the next date. 2 4. In the present case, barring one occasion, on all occasions, this particular prisoner has been given the punishment of forfeiture of remission in the ratio of 1:5. 5. Learned APP Mr. Mirza prays for three weeks' time for this purpose. 6. Time, as prayed for, is granted. 7. Stand over to 6th March, 2009. 8. Steno copy of this order be supplied to learned APP free of cost, to act upon. Judge Judge |Hedau|