Baig in a petition filed last year claimed he has been kept in solitary confinement at the Nashik Central Prison in Maharashtra for the last 12 years
Bombay High Court. File Pic
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said there was no concern of any "psychological trauma" to Himayat Baig, convicted in the 2010 Pune German bakery blast case, who had alleged solitary confinement in prison, reported news agency PTI.
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Baig in a petition filed last year claimed he has been kept in solitary confinement at the Nashik Central Prison in Maharashtra for the last 12 years.
He sought to be shifted out of solitary confinement, claiming it was affecting his mental health.
A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale, however, refused to grant any relief, reported PTI.
"At this stage, there is no concern of any psychological trauma as alleged by the petitioner (Baig)," the high court said, reported PTI.
With regard to Baig's prayer seeking a direction to the jail authorities to assign him some work in prison, the court said he shall be assigned work as per the prison rules and regulations.
The Maharashtra government had earlier told the HC that as per the law, no prison in the state follows the system of solitary confinement.
As per the jail authorities, persons convicted for heinous offences, such as blasts and so on, are kept separately from others, reported PTI.
In 2013, a special court in Pune convicted Baig on charges under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), reported PTI.
The court had imposed the death penalty on him.
In 2016, the HC commuted the death penalty to life imprisonment and also acquitted him of charges under the UAPA, reported PTI.
Baig was the only person to be convicted in the February 2010 blast at the German Bakery, a popular eatery in Pune. The blast killed 17 persons and left 60 others injured.
Six other persons have also been charge-sheeted in the Pune German bakery blast case.
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A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Bharati Dangre asked if the Centre thought that plastic flowers could be recycled, or are biodegradable.
The HC was hearing a petition filed by the Growers' Flower Council of India (GFCI) seeking a direction to the Centre to prohibit the use of plastic flowers.
(With inputs from PTI)
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