JUDGMENT :

Vibha Kankanwadi, J.

1. Petitioner is an accused, who has been convicted in several cases and at present he is 72 years old prisoner, undergoing the conviction, seeks to invoke Article 14, 21, 226 r/w Article 227 of the Constitution of India with a prayer to quash and set aside the calculation made by respondent no. 2 – the Superintendent of Jail, Yerwada Central Prison, Pune, in respect of period of sentence of imprisonment awarded to the petitioner with respect to Sessions Case No. 2/1991 decided on 20.02.2013 and to further direct the respondent no. 2 to reconsider the period of imprisonment as per the Judgment and also to issue writ of habeas corpus for his release in view of the completion by declaring that the period of detention has been undergone by him.

2. The factual matrix leading to the petition are, in short, as under : -

As aforesaid, the petitioner is convicted. He has been lodged in Yerwada Central Prison, Pune, since 07.08.1994 in C.R. No.441/1990, which was the subject matter of Sessions Case No.6/1991. By Judgment and Order dated 04.08.1994, he was awarded imprisonment for life and fine of Rs. 10,14,000/- and in default sentence of imprisonment of 5 years. The State Government has granted him remission and declared that as regards that sentence is concerned, he has undergone the sentence. Such order was passed by respondent no. 1 – State on 21.08.2009. The petitioner was serving in Zilla Parishad, Dhule, as Clerk and he was given charge of post of Cashier. During the period 1987-1991, several offences came to be registered against him alleging that he has committed misappropriation of funds of Zilla Parishad, Dhule. The chart of those cases and the conviction that has been awarded to him has been given as under : -

3. The petitioner has given the copies of the Judgments. It will have to be mentioned that he had filed Criminal Appeal No. 19/2002, challenging his conviction before this Court. It was heard along with other appeals, which were filed by co-accused, by this Court (Single Bench) and came to be decided on 06.05.2011. His appeal came to be partly allowed. His conviction for the offence punishable under Section 409 of the IPC was maintained, however, conviction under Section 477A r/w 120B was set aside. Thereafter he had also filed Criminal Appeal No. 482/2001 challenging his conviction and sentences in Special Case No.99/1996 passed by learned Special Judge, Dhule and this Court by decision dated 05.09.2014 was dismissed. Another Criminal Appeal No. 283/2006 was filed by him ch