1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.3500 OF 2011 Rambhau Jainaji Bangur .. Petitioner V/s The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Ms.Mahalakshmi Ganapathy, Amicus Curiae for the petitioner. Mrs.M.M.Deshmukh, APP for the State. CORAM: A.M.KHANWILKAR & R.G.KETKAR, JJ. DATE: 9th December, 2011. P.C.: 1. This letter/ petition is received through Jail. By this petition the order passed by the Section Officer, Home Department, Govt.of Maharashtra dated 22.07.2011 is challenged on the ground that the petitioner has been wrongly classified in the category of 2 (c) of the Guidelines of 2010 for Premature Release instead of category 2(b). 2. Category 2(c) of the Guidelines of 2010 provides for 26 years of imprisonment to be undergone including remission in the cases where the crime is committed with exceptional violence and/or with brutality or death of victim due to burns. On the other hand, category 2(b) provides for 22 years of imprisonment to be 2 undergone including remission in the cases where the crime is committed with premeditation. 3. Going by the finding of fact recorded by the trial Court and in particular the injuries noticed on the deceased; both external as well as internal injuries and the finding recorded in Paragraph 24 of the decision of the trial Court, there is no manner of doubt that the offence in question was committed by the petitioner with exceptional violence and brutality causing death of the victim. 4. In this view of the matter, no fault can be found with the impugned decision of the appropriate authority. Hence, this petition fails and the same is dismissed. 5. Court expresses a word of gratitude for the legal assistance given by the learned Amicus Curiae. 6. Copy of this order be forwarded to the petitioner who is in Jail. (R.G.KETKAR, J.) (A.M.KHANWILKAR, J.)