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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Furlough Rule Denying Furlough to Prisoners from Outside Maharashtra. Classification Based on Residence Held Reasonable Under Articles 14 and 21 of Constitution.

The petitioners, Chandradev @ Chandu S/o Pareshwar Rai and Satish S/o Ramchandra Ninapure, were convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code a...

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Bombay High Court Strikes Down Discriminatory Furlough Condition in Maharashtra Prisons Rules as Unconstitutional. Residence-based classification for furlough eligibility violates Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution.

The petitioners, Chandradev @ Chandu S/o Pareshwar Rai and Satish S/o Ramchandra Ninapure, were convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code a...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition of Life Convict Seeking Set-off of Undertrial Detention Under Section 428 CrPC. Prison Authorities Directed to Compute and Deduct Period of More Than Two Years Spent as Undertrial from Life Sentence After Commutation of Death Sentence.

The petitioner, Clint Fernandez, was convicted in Sessions Case No. 112 of 2004 and sentenced to death by the trial court. He appealed to the Supreme ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Premature Release Petition of Life Convict in Dacoity and Murder Case — Holds That Conviction Under Unconstitutional Arms Act Provision Does Not Automatically Entitle Release, and That State's Rejection of Earlier Representation Was Valid

The petitioner, Rajan, a Sri Lankan refugee, was convicted for dacoity, murder (3 counts), attempt to murder (4 counts), and arms offences in connecti...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Illegal Handcuffing and Public Parading in Chapter Case Arrest. Police Action Violated Article 21 as Handcuffing Without Justification and Public Parading Amounted to Cruel Treatment, Compensation of Rs. 50,000 Awarded.

The petitioner, Shri Kisan @ Kisanchand Tharurmal Wadhawa, a resident of Gandhinagar, Kolhapur, filed a criminal writ petition challenging the action ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Parole to Prisoner for Grandmother's Death Rituals Under Rule 19 of Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959. The Court held that 'near relative' includes grandmother for parole purposes.

The petitioner, Mohammad Wasim Mohammad Imam Bhiwaniwale, a prisoner in Washim District Jail, filed a criminal writ petition before the Bombay High Co...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Convict's Petition Alleging Double Jeopardy in Prison Punishment and Transfer. Transfer of prisoner to Special Prison does not require prior court approval and forfeiture of remission for misconduct is not double jeopardy.

The petitioner, Niyaj Ahamad Abdul Jabbar, a convict lodged in Open Prison, Morshi, filed a Criminal Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court (Nagpu...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Prisoner's Petition Challenging Refusal of Furlough Leave Due to Prior Overstay of 344 Days. Refusal Based on Rule 4(10) of Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959 Does Not Amount to Double Punishment.

The petitioner, Kalyan Kisan Bhondve @ Bhosale, a prisoner, filed a Criminal Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court challenging the rejection of h...