1 cr­wp­986­11 jdk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI. WRIT PETITION NO. 986 OF 2011 Sharad Gangaram Mhapankar ] Aged 46 years, residing at ] Krantinagar Housing Society, ] Room No. 205, Building No.3, ] Mumbai-400 034, presently in custody ] in the Yerwada Open Prison ] Yerwada, Pune 411 006 ]..Petitioner Vs. 1 State of Maharashtra ] Through Secretary Home ] Department, Mantralaya, ] Mumbai-32 ] 2 The I.G. Prisons, Pune ] 3 The Superintendent ] Yerwada Open Prison ] Yerwada, Pune 411006 ]..Respondents .... Ms. Rebecca Gonsalvez Advocate for petitioner Mr. J.P.Yagnik A.P.P. for Respondents .... CORAM : P.V.HARDAS AND M.N.GILANI, JJ. DATED : APRIL 19, 2011 ORAL JUDGMENT [PER P.V.HARDAS, J.] : 1 Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of the 2 cr­wp­986­11 learned counsel for the parties this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2 The grievance of the petitioner is that though the petitioner has completed 14 years of actual imprisonment and about 20 years of imprisonment including remission, the case of the petitioner has not been considered for premature release. The learned A.P.P. states on instructions that the proposal of the petitioner has been forwarded to the competent authorities and the same is pending consideration with the competent authorities. Learned A.P.P. further states on instructions that the proposal of the petitioner would be decided in accordance with law within a period of six weeks from today. We accept the aforesaid statement as an undertaking to the Court. 3 In that light of the matter therefore we make the Rule absolute on the basis of the statement of the learned A.P.P. with no order as to costs. [ M.N.GILANI, J. ] [ P.V.HARDAS, J. ]