1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1073 OF 2009 Pratapsingh Charansingh Nehang, Convict No.5712, Central Prison, Aurangbad .. PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra .. RESPONDENT Mrs.S.T.Kazi, Advocate (appointed) for the petitioner Shri S.D.Kaldate, Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent-State CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND SHRIHARI P. DAVARE, JJ DATE : 28th JANUARY 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER P.V.HARDAS, J.) 1. A communication sent by the petitioner through jail, dated 5.11.2009 was registered as a Criminal Writ Petition. Since it was a communication through jail, we had appointed advocate Mrs.S.T.Kazi as a Counsel to represent the petitioner in this petition before us. After hearing the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State, by our order dated 7.1.2010 we had issued Rule and had directed that this Criminal Writ Petition be placed for hearing along with Criminal Writ Petition No.657 of 2009 which raised similar issues. In order to facilitate the learned Counsel 2 appointed for the petitioner in seeking instructions from the petitioner, we had directed that the petitioner be kept present in this Court today. Pursuant thereto the petitioner/convict is present before us. Mrs.Kazi, learned Counsel appointed for the petitioner states that the petitioner was shown the communication sent by him and the petitioner states that the aforesaid communication is neither signed by him nor had been sent by him. In that light of the matter, therefore, according to us this petition deserves to be dismissed on that score alone. 2. Accordingly, this Criminal Writ Petition is dismissed with no order as to costs. Rule stands discharged. We, however, quantify the fees payable to the learned Counsel appointed on behalf of the petitioner at Rs.2,000/- (Rs.Two thousand). ( SHRIHARI P.DAVARE ) ( P.V.HARDAS ) JUDGE JUDGE (vvr/1073.09criwp)