1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 198 OF 2011 (Ashok Reddy Sattaya Reddy vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Shri S.P. Gadling, Advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. Ketki Joshi, APP for the respondents. ….. CORAM : MRS. V.K. TAHILRAMANI & M.L. TAHALIYANI, JJ. MAY 04, 2011. Heard Shri Gadling, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. Joshi, learned APP for the respondents. The petitioner's case is that he has been kept in a separate cell in the maximum security, Anda Barrack in Nagpur Central Prison. The petitioner's grievance is that this Anda Barrack is normally used as a punishment barrack prison for prisoners. It is further the case of the petitioner that it amounts to being kept in solitary confinement. The affidavit filed by the respondents shows that the petitioner was indeed kept in Anda Barrack, a separate cell in Nagpur Central Prison but this was done on account of security reasons that is for the safety of the petitioner himself and as a precautionary measure. This 2 high security cell consists of a number of cells in which several prisoners are lodged. The inmates of this cell receive the facility of listening to radio, reading Newspapers, playing games like chess and carom. Hence, it cannot be said that the petitioner is kept in solitary confinement. It is further noticed that this Court by order dated 15.01.2009 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 454 of 2008, had appointed Special Counsel Shri V.K. Khaparde, to visit a prisoner in Anda barrack. The report submitted by Shri Khaparde, learned counsel does not show that lodging a prisoner in Anda cell amounts to solitary confinement. Moreover, the petitioner is now no longer in Nagpur Central Prison but he is lodged in Sayarabad Central Prison, which is situated in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Thus, in any event the grievance of the petitioner does not survive. Petition is disposed of. JUDGE JUDGE *GS.