1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1102 OF 2010 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders. Mr. Daulat G Khamkar, for the petitioner. Mrs. S.D.Shinde, APP, for the respondent- State. CORAM: D.B.BHOSALE AND R.V.MORE, JJ. DATE : 22/04/2010 PC: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. By this writ petition, the petitioner is seeking his premature release contending that his case is covered by category 1(a) of the Guidelines for premature release of prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment or to death penalty commuted to life imprisonment after 18th December, 1978. Learned APP, on instructions, submits that the petitioner's case has already been forwarded by the Jail Authority to the I.G.Prison and the T 1 I.G.Prison in turn would forward it to the Home Department, State of Maharashtra after recording his opinion for final order. In view thereof, we direct the I.G Prison to record his opinion as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of this order and forward the same to the Home Department, Government of Maharashtra for passing final order. We expect the State Government to decide the case of the petitioner expeditiously. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP are directed to forward copy of this order to the I.G.Prison within a period of two weeks from today. Parties to act on the authenticated copy of this order. (R.V.MORE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) 1