dgm gm gm IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE APPELLATE APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION SIDE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION SIDE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1760 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.1760 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.1760 OF 2008 Hanif Shaikh @ Hamid Hussain N. Shaikh Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra & anr. Respondents Mr.D.V.Sutar for the petitioner. Mr.P.S.Hingorani, APP for the State. CORAM CORAM CORAM : BILAL NAZKI & : BILAL NAZKI & : BILAL NAZKI & ANOOP ANOOP ANOOP V.MOHTA,JJ. V.MOHTA,JJ. V.MOHTA,JJ. DATED DATED DATED : 23rd January, 2009. : 23rd January, 2009. : 23rd January, 2009. P.C. P.C. P.C. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned APP for the State. 2. The grievance of the prisoner is that after he was arrested, his house situated at Pune has been taken possession by somebody else. Since there is nobody else in the family to look after his interest, he filed this petition, through Jail, so that his house is protected during the time he is serving the sentence. 3. The learned Public Prosecutor has submitted that on visit by the police officer on 21.01.2009 it was found that the house is locked. It had been locked by the prisoner himself when he was taken into custody. There is nobody who is unauthorisedly occupying the said house. ( 2 ) 4. In these circumstances, we dispose of the petition with the direction that the concerned Police shall put a seal over the lock and the seal shall only be removed at the request of the prisoner. (ANOOP (ANOOP (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) V. MOHTA, J.) V. MOHTA, J.) (BILAL (BILAL (BILAL NAZKI, J.) NAZKI, J.) NAZKI, J.)