Bombay High Court

SHAILENDRA SATYANARAYAN THAKUR (C-255)versusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The petition was dismissed as moot because the petitioner had already been released from prison.

Summary

The petitioner, Shailendra Satyanarayen Thakur, filed a criminal writ petition seeking the quashment of Rule 20 of the Maharashtra Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) (Amendment) Rules, 2018. The Court, after noting the Resource Personnel report, observed that the petitioner had already been released from Visapur Open District Prison on 15 March 2024. Since the petitioner was no longer in custody, the relief sought became moot. Consequently, the Court found that there was nothing left to adjudicate in the petition. The petition was therefore disposed of without any substantive order on the merits. No further directions were issued.

Issues considered

Whether Rule 20 of the Maharashtra Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) (Amendment) Rules, 2018 can be quashed in the present petition

Legislation cited

Maharashtra Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) (Amendment) Rules, 2018

Subjects

quashment
prison rules
mootness
criminal writ petition
High Court of Bombay

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:37420-DB

                                                                         921 wp 874-22 .




                  IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                             BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                    921 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 874 OF 2022

                      SHAILENDRA SATYANARAYAN THAKUR (C-255)
                                          VERSUS
                      THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER
                                             …
          Mr. S. J. Salgare, APP for Respondent-State
                                             ….

                                  CORAM        :   SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE &
                                                   VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, JJ.

                                  Date         :   19/08/2026

          PER COURT :
          1.   None for the petitioner.


          2.   Though the petitioner has prayed for quashment of Rule 20 of the
          Maharashtra Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) (Amendment)
          Rules, 2018, dated 16/04/2018, as per the report of the Resource
          Personnel of this Court, the petitioner has already been released from
          Visapur Open District Prison, District Ahmednagar, on 15/03/2024. As
          such, nothing survives in this petition and it stands disposed of.




          [VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV]                      [SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE]
                       JUDGE                                 JUDGE




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