1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2743 OF 2009 Ramji Baldev Yadav .... Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. .... Respondents S/Shri N.N. Gavankar i/b Arfan Sait for the Petitioner. Shri A.S. Gadkari, APP, for the State. CORAM: BILAL NAZKI & A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATED: OCTOBER 12, 2009 P.C: The petitioner's case for his premature release was considered by the respondents on 5-8-2002 by applying the guidelines for premature release, framed in 1992. The petitioner submits that by virtue of a Division Bench Judgment of this Court delivered on 3-8-2009 in Criminal Writ Petition No.207 of 2009 {Ravindra Shantaram Sawant v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.}, the respondents ought to have considered his case 2 in accordance with the guidelines for premature release which were in force on the date of his conviction. The learned APP has no objection if direction is given by this Court to re- consider the case of the petitioner and pass appropriate orders. Accordingly, the impugned order dated 5-8-2002 is hereby quashed and set aside and the respondents are directed to re- consider the case of the petitioner and decide the same within four weeks on the basis of the observations made in the Judgment delivered in Criminal Writ Petition No.207 of 2009 (supra). With these observations, the petition is disposed of. (BILAL NAZKI, J.) (A.R. JOSHI, J.)