VPH IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION No. 769 OF 2008 Pravin Rajaram Shinde Petitioner Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. Respondents Mr. Gaurav Parkar i/b Prashant S. Hagare, for Petitioner. Mrs. U. V. Kejariwal, APP for the Respondent. CORAM : BILAL NAZKI, AND A. P. BHANGALE, JJ. DATE : APRIL 29, 2008. PC :- . As the petition for parole leave is rejected by the respondents, petitioner has filed this writ petition. The respondent in the counter affidavit state that the petitioner has been convicted for the offence punishable under section 302 of Indian Penal Code and was sentenced to suffer life imprisonment; he is in jail since 1996; at one point of time, he was left on parole, but during the period of parole, he committed another offence which was registered with Islampur Police Station under C.R. No. 17 of 2000 under section 3, 25 of Indian Arms Act on 1st March 2000. In another incident while petitioner was - 2 - taken to J.M.F.C. Islampur, and during return journey from the court he tried to escape from the custody for which C.R. No.60 of 2003 was registered at Kasegaon Police Station against the petitioner, under sections 224, 213 and 216 of Indian Penal Code, and those two cases are still pending. In this view of the matter, we think that the respondents were right in rejecting the application for parole. Writ petition is accordingly dismissed. Sd/- [ BILAL NAZKI, J. ] Sd/- [ A. P.BHANGALE, J.]