7.wp.1351-09 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1351 OF 2009 [THROUGH JAIL] Umesh Budhari Pagare. ..Petitioner. Versus The State of Maharashtra. ..Respondent. .......................... Mr.S.S. Pednekar, A.P.P., for the Respondent - State. .......................... CORAM : BILAL NAZKI AND A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATE : 24TH AUGUST, 2009. P.C. :- 1. The prisoner has been in custody for nine years and nine months. He moved an application for parole on the ground that his wife was not well, which has been rejected on the ground that the illness was not serious. We have been told that on many occasions the prisoner had been released and on each time he surrendered well in time. We are also informed that the petitioner is also entitled for leave on furlough and if he applies for furlough the same shall be granted to him. 2. In this view of the matter, the Petition is disposed of and the Respondents are directed to serve copy of this order on the prisoner so that if he wants, he can move an application for furlough. [BILAL NAZKI,J.] [A.R.JOSHI,J.]