IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 189 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 251 OF 2009 SUNIL MOHAN FASAGE .. .. APPLICANT Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA .. .. .. RESPONDENT Mr. Harshad Bhadbhade i/b Sunita Devgonde for the applicant Mr. S.S. Pednekar, APP. CORAM: SMT. RANJANA DESAI & SMT. MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ. DATED : 8/2/2010 P.C. On 6/2/2010 a Division Bench of this court to which one of us (Smt. Ranjana Desai, J.) was a party, had directed that the applicant be taken to his house at Pune from Yerwada Central Prison under police escort as his father was dead. Accordingly the applicant was taken to his house and he is presently residing there. As per order the applicant was to remain at his residence upto 8/2/2010. 2. Learned APP informs us that the Superintendent of Jail has power to grant what is known as “death parole” to a prisoner. Government Notification to that effect is shown to us. Copy of the same is taken on record and marked “X”. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant states that the applicant will address an application to the Superintendent of Jail, Yerwada Central Prison within two days from today. Learned APP tells us that appropriate order will be passed on the application on the same day. We accept this statement. 4. We direct the Superintendent of Yerwada Central Prison to pass appropriate order on the application filed by the applicant for death parole expeditiously. In view of the above our order dated 6/2/2010 stands extended for a period of three days from today i.e. upto 11/2/2010. The Jail authority will abide by the order that may be passed by the Superintendent of Yerwada Central Prison after the expiry of above period. 5. Application is disposed of in the aforestated terms. 6. Authorities to act on authenticated copy of this order. (Smt. Ranjana Desai, J.) (Smt. Mridula Bhatkar, J.)