IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.156 OF 2009 Vilas Dinkar Mohite ..Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent Ms.Sarojini Upadyhay, Advocate appointed for Applicant Mr.S.S.Pednekar , APP for respondent State CORAM : A. S. OKA, J. DATE : 9th April, 2009 P.C. 1 Heard learned APP for the respondent- State. 2 This Application has been filed by mother of applicant on behalf of the applicant. The applicant is undergoing sentence of life imprisonment in Kolhapur Central Prision. Grievance in the Application is that the applicant ought to have been shifted to Open Prison to enable him to earn remission. 3 Learned APP invited my attention to a fax message dated 15th March, 2009 sent to him by the Superintendent, Kolhapur Central Prison. In the fax message, it is stated that present applicant has undergone sentence for 5 years 4 months and 8 days. It is stated that on 3rd January, 2009, a meeting was convened for selecting prisoners for sending them to open jail. In the said meeting, a list of 182 eligible prisoners has been prepared for sending them to open jail. The name of present applicant appears at Serial No.111 in the said list. It is further stated that in the fax message that as and when vacancies are available in the open prison, the prisoners will be shifted to the open prison as per the order of seniority fixed in the meeting held on 3rd January, 2009. A copy of said fax message is taken on record. 4 In view of the statements made in the fax message, no further direction is required to be issued in this Application. Accordingly, Criminal Application is disposed of. A copy of this order be forwarded to the present applicant through concerned Officer of the Jail. [ A. S. Oka, J ] Appl156-09