CW 9756/08 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR BENCH S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.9756/08 Dev Lal Versus State DATE OF ORDER : 29/06/2009 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY RASTOGI By Post. Ms. Alka Bhatnagar, Addl. Govt. Adv., for respondents *** Application has been sent by accused- petitioner which has been treated as a letter petition seeking his transfer from Central Jail, Jodhpur to Central Jail, Kota. Petitioner was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs.3,000/- and in default of payment of fine, he has to further undergo for a period of 5 months SI by learned Addl. District & Sessions Judge [Fast Track] No.2, Chhabra, District Baran for offence U/s 302/149, 325/149, 323, 342 & 148 IPC vide judgment dt.18th Nov. 2003 in Sess.Case No.157/03. Respondents in their reply have averred that Central Jail, Kota is over crowded and capacity of Central Jail, Kota is for 825 prisoners. At the relevant point of time, there were 1331 CW 9756/08 [2] prisoners in Central Jail, Kota and was not possible to consider the application for transfer to Central Jail, Kota. Taking note of averments made by respondents, particularly, in Para 7 of their reply, this court does not find any justification in the instant petition and is accordingly, dismissed. [AJAY RASTOGI], J. FRBOHRA9756CW08 29-6.doc