IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY VPH CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION No. 1332 OF 2008 Ashok Bhaguji Zombate Petitioner (Through Jail) Vs. The State of Maharashtra Respondent Mrs. S. D. Shinde, APP, for the respondent. CORAM : BILAL NAZKI, & A. A. KUMBHKONI, JJ. DATE : JULY 24, 2008. PC :- 1. The petitioner is undergoing life imprisonment. According to him, he is has suffered 16 years of imprisonment without remission and 14 years actual imprisonment and he is entitled to be released. His application for the release was rejected by the respondent, on 22nd March, 2006, holding that including remissions, he has to undergo imprisonment of 20 years, in confirmity with the policy, that was made applicable in March, 2006. We are informed that a new policy was framed by the Government in April, 2008, in respect thereof. Therefore, we dispose of this petition, directing the respondent to re-consider the request of the petitioner for release in terms of its guidelines of 2008 and pass appropriate orders within two weeks, and - 2 - communicate the orders to the prisoner/petitioner. Accordingly, petition is disposed of. Sd/- [ BILAL NAZKI, J.] Sd/- [ A. A. KUMBHAKONI, J.]