WP.2156-10 - 1 - VPH IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION No. 2156 of 2010 Wilson Benjamin Castellino ... Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Respondent Mrs. Farhana Shaikh, for the Petitioner. Dr. F. R. Shaikh, APP for State. CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATED: AUGUST 6, 2010. P.C. 1. We have heard the learned advocate appearing for the Petitioner and the learned APP for the State. By the impugned order dated 31 st May, 2010, the petitioner’s application for furlough leave has been rejected and from the record it is seen that the District Superintendent of Police submitted an adverse report solely on the ground that no one WP.2156-10 - 2 - was willing to stand surety for the petitioner. Mrs. Suvarna Arvind Deokar whose affidavit has been filed in support of this petition, is present before us and she claims that the petitioner is her foster brother; she is married and staying in her matrimonial home at Vita, taluka Khanapur, district Sangli, and she is ready to stand surety for the petitioner, if is released on furlough leave. 2. In our opinion, it is for the District Superintendent of Police, Satara to verify the antecedents of Mrs. Suvarna Arvind Deokar and submit his report to the concerned jail i.e. Superintendent of Central Prison at Kolhapur. Mrs. Suvarna Arvin Deokar is directed to appear before Vita Police Station within two weeks and the in­charge police officer of the said Police Station shall verify her antecedents and submit his report to the Superintendent of Police, Satara within two weeks from today. 3. In case the District Superintendent of Police Satara is satisfied with the credentials of Mrs. Suvarna Deokar, as being a surety for the petitioner, such a report shall be submitted to the WP.2156-10 - 3 - Superintendent, Central Prison, Kolhapur within four weeks from today. . Writ petition is disposed off in above terms. Sd/­ Sd/­ [ ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.] [B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.]