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Yograj S/O Bhaurao Hatwar - in Jail v. State of Maharashtra Thr Secretary, Home Dept, Mantralaya, Mumbai

Bombay HC24 Apr 2025WP/127/2025

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Second-time murder convict; categorization of convicts by jail authorities; clause 6(b) of Government Resolution dated 15.03.2015; 30-year period; life convict convicted again for murder; Sessions Trial No.84/2008; Section 302 IPC; categorization held correct; no case for interference; Criminal Writ Petition 127/2025 dismissed; Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench; Nitin W. Sambre; Vrushali V. Joshi; Yograj Hatwar; State of Maharashtra; decided 24.04.2025.

What did the court decide?

Given the petitioner's second conviction for murder, the jail authorities rightly categorized him under clause 6(b) of the Government Resolution dated 15.03.2015. ¶4

Yograj S/O Bhaurao Hatwar - in Jail Vs State of… — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Bombay HC (2025)

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2025:BHC-NAG:4249-DB

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR.

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CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 127 OF 2025

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Yograj s/o Bhaurao Hatwar

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.Vs.

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State of Maharashtra thr. Secretary and ors.

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___________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders of directions Court's or Judge's orders.

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and Registrar's Orders.

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Ms Shweta P. Chavhan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. Kavita Bhondage, APP for respondent Nos.1 to 3/State.

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CORAM : NITIN W. SAMBRE AND MRS. VRUSHALI V. JOSHI, J.J. DATE : 24.04.2025

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Heard.

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It is not in dispute that the present petitioner murdered one Dhyaneshwar in the year 1992 and was sentenced to life imprisonment, which he has already undergone.

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After his release, he committed the murder of the mother of PW-1 (Arun Hatwar), which led to his conviction in Sessions Trial No.84/2008 for an offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.

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The conviction of the petitioner for second murder. The jail authorities rightly categorized him under clause 6(b) of the Government Resolution dated 15.03.2015. It reads thus:-

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Catego ry No.	Sub Category	Categorization of Crime	Period of imprisonment to be undergone including mission subject to a minimum of 14 years of actual imprisonment including set off period
6.	(b)	Persons already convicted for life and is convicted again for murder	30

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In the aforesaid background, this is the second conviction of the petitioner for an offence of murder. There is no case for causing interference as the petitioner is so categorized.

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Criminal Writ Petition accordingly fails and dismissed.

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( MRS. VRUSHALI V. JOSHI, J) (NITIN W. SAMBRE, J.)

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Yograj S/O Bhaurao Hatwar - in Jail v. State of Maharashtra Thr Secretary, Home Dept, Mantralaya, Mumbai

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