Nashik prison keeps inmate beyond jail term, to pay Rs 10,000

  • | Monday | 23rd July, 2018

However, he was released eight days later by the Nashik Road central prison. The sentence in case of default of payment of compensation was later reduced to six months. In default of this payment, he was to undergo one year simple imprisonment. AURANGABAD: The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court has imposed a Rs 5,000 fine and Rs 5,000 cost on the Nashik central prison administration for illegally detaining a convict for eight days after his seven-month sentence was over.“In absence of any remand warrant issued by the concerned court, any convict could not be detained in jail after completion of his term of sentence. Thus, illegal detention of the petitioner is apparent on the face of record,” the bench said.The court went on to state that it was always open for the state government to recover the amount of compensation from the erring officer, after fixing liability.Ganesh Motipawle (57), a resident of Udgir in Latur district , was convicted by a judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) court Udgir in May 2015 under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and was sentenced to one-month jail and ordered to pay a compensation of Rs 3.5 lakh.

AURANGABAD: The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court has imposed a Rs 5,000 fine and Rs 5,000 cost on the Nashik central prison administration for illegally detaining a convict for eight days after his seven-month sentence was over.“In absence of any remand warrant issued by the concerned court, any convict could not be detained in jail after completion of his term of sentence. Thus, illegal detention of the petitioner is apparent on the face of record,” the bench said.The court went on to state that it was always open for the state government to recover the amount of compensation from the erring officer, after fixing liability.Ganesh Motipawle (57), a resident of Udgir in Latur district , was convicted by a judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) court Udgir in May 2015 under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and was sentenced to one-month jail and ordered to pay a compensation of Rs 3.5 lakh. In default of this payment, he was to undergo one year simple imprisonment. The sentence in case of default of payment of compensation was later reduced to six months. However, he was released eight days later by the Nashik Road central prison.

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