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Baig claimed that he had been held in solitary confinement at Nashik Central Prison for 12 years and sought a transfer from the facility
The Maharashtra Government informed the Bombay High Court that no prison in the state employs the practice of solitary confinement.
The submission was made by Public Prosecutor Hiten Venegaonkar before a division bench comprising Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice PK Chavan.
The high court was hearing a petition filed by Hamiyat Baig, who was convicted in the 2010 German Bakery Blast case in Pune.
Baig claimed that he had been held in solitary confinement at Nashik Central Prison for 12 years and sought a transfer from the facility. Baig was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial court.
Public Prosecutor Hiten Venegaonkar informed the bench that no prison in Maharashtra practices solitary confinement.
He clarified that individuals convicted of heinous crimes are only separated from other convicts, but not held in solitary confinement.
Venegaonkar further explained that, according to the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, only a court can order solitary confinement, and even then, it cannot exceed three months.
The division bench then directed Venegaonkar to file an affidavit detailing these submissions and posted the matter after two weeks.
The German Bakery Blast that took place in Pune in 2010 killed 17 people and injured morethan 60 people.
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