wp321.10.sxw 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 321 OF 2010 Miteshbhai Chimanlal Bhatt ....Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ....Respondents. Ms. Ameeta Kuttikrishnan for the Petitioner. Mr. D.P. Adsule for the State. CORAM : B.H. MARLAPALLE & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATE : 11th June, 2010 P.C.: 1 The Petitioner-Prisoner belongs to Gujrat State. The occurrence has taken place in Gujrat, but the case was transferred for trial to the Sessions Court, at Mumbai by the order of the Supreme Court. 2 The Petitioner has been convicted and sentenced to suffer life imprisonment. He seeks directions that, he should be transferred to the State of Gujrat for serving remaining part of the sentence, where he can have easy access to his family members. 3 This Court has already granted similar relief in similarly situated matters in Criminal Writ Petition No. 2753 of 2008, Bakabhai Khimabhai Wahonia Vs. The State of Maharashtra dated 29 th January, wp321.10.sxw 2 2009 and in Criminal Writ Petition No. 2750 of 2008, Bipinchandra Kanhaiyalal Joshi Vs. The State of Maharashtra dated 2 nd February, 2009. 4 We dispose off this Petition by directing the State Government to consider the request of the Petitioner in accordance with law and pass appropriate order within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) (B.H.MARLAPALLE, J.)