1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 275 OF 2009 Ibtesam Mohamed Aslam Kashmiri ...Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Respondents. Mr. N.N. Gavankar for the Petitioner Mr. P.S Hingorani, Additional Public Prosecutor, for the State. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATE: FEBRUARY 9, 2009 P.C.:- Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. 2. The matter can be decided at this stage. 3. The convict's wife has died, and some ceremonies are to be performed on 20th February, 2009. He has already undergone 23 years of imprisonment with remissions, and his release is due within a year. It is submitted that when his wife died, this Court granted him parole for 10 days. He availed parole, and surrendered back in time. 2 4. In these circumstances, let his application for parole be considered before 16th February, 2009, and necessary orders be passed, as we understand that he still can be granted parole, since the leave is due to him. With this observation, the petition is disposed of. BILAL NAZKI, J. ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.