1 cri-appln.1215-10 mgn IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1215 of 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.816 OF 2008 Mahadeo Prabhu Londhe ....Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent Mr. J.D. Khairnar i/b. Vikas Shivarkar, for the Applicant. Mrs. M.M. Deshmukh, A.P.P., for the State. CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & U.D.SALVI, JJ. DATED: 11th February, 2011 P.C. Mr.Shivarkar, the learned Counsel for the applicant seeks leave to withdraw the application. Leave granted. 2. However, the report submitted before us by the Hadapsar Police Station, Pune, indicated that the applicant has three sons namely (1) Somnath, age 14, (2) Dattatraya, age 13 and (3) Shilesh, age 7. When the Senior Police Inspector, Hadapsar Police Station caused an enquiry it is revealed that the children are purportedly being looked after by Shri Ashok Prabhu Londhe, the brother of the applicant. The report further states that 2 cri-appln.1215-10 the children are not going to school as of now and they are dropped outs. They are being made to work as labourers and their monies are paid to their uncle who claims to be looking after them. 3. It is well known that the Government of Maharashtra has Remand Homes all over the State for the children of the convicts and as per Mrs. Deshmukh, the learned A.P.P., such a Remand Home is at Ashok Vidyalaya, Tilak Road, Pune in which the children must be admitted so that their schooling can be undertaken at the said institution till the applicant is undergoing sentence or till the children of the applicant attain the age of 18 years, as the case may be. The applicant is a life convict. 4. We, therefore, direct Shri P.G. Mandre, Senior Police Inspector, Hadapsar Police Station, Pune, to take due steps to admit all the three sons of the applicant in the Remand Home i.e. Ashok Vidyalaya, Tilak Road, Pune, within one week from today. 5. Application is disposed in the above terms. (U.D.SALVI, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.) 3 cri-appln.1215-10