1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE  CRIMINAL CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1480 OF 2009 Raju Waman Salve .... Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent Through Jail Shri A.S. Gadkari, APP, for the State. CORAM: BILAL NAZKI & A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATED: SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 P.C: The petitioner has been denied furlough leave. It appears that the petitioner is serving sentence for more than two years and has not so far been granted furlough leave. The furlough has been denied to him on the ground that the police was of the view that the petitioner may give threat to the witnesses who deposed against him and may also cause breach of peace. We have heard the learned APP and have also perused the record. We do not find that there was any material before the police concerned to come to such conclusion. In the 2 absence of any material to come to such a conclusion, we are of the view that furlough, which has to be granted to a prisoner as a matter of right, could not have been denied to the petitioner. For these reasons, the petition is allowed; the impugned order is quashed and set aside and the respondents are directed to release the petitioner on furlough on usual terms and conditions. The petition accordingly stands disposed of. (BILAL NAZKI, J.) (A.R. JOSHI, J.)