Vasant Nanasaheb Mandlik vs. The State Of Maharashtra

Order - Status 9: Vasant Nanasaheb Mandlik .... Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent Shri D.G. Khamkar for the Petitioner. Shri D.P. Adsule, APP, for the State. CORAM: BILAL NAZKI & A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATED: OCTOBER 6, 2009 P.C: The petitioner was sentenced to imprisonment for life and according to him, he has served the sentence which he was required to serve. The Government also passed an order on 17-9-2009 ordering the immediate release of the petitioner, but he was not released. It is stated that while the petitioner was serving the sentence, he was released on parole during which he committed offences under Sections 376 and 506 of the IPC. In both the offences he was given sentence of five years each which were directed to run consecutively. Therefore, the petitioner is now serving the sentence which he was awarded in the offence under Section 376. The petitioner wants to know as to when he completed the serving of sentence under Section 302 of the IPC and when the serving of the sentence under Section 376 commenced because, according to him, even if the said sentence is taken into consideration, he has served both the sentences. The Government to consider the matter and inform the petitioner within two weeks as to from which date the petitioner is serving the sentence under Sections 376 and 506 of the IPC. With the above observations, the petition is disposed of. (BILAL NAZKI, J.) (A.R. JOSHI, J.)