1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE - CRIMINAL CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1684 OF 2009 Kisan Vishnu Malpute .... Petitioner Vs. The Divisional Commissioner & Anr. .... Respondents None present for the petitioner. Shri S.R. Shinde, APP, for the State. CORAM: BILAL NAZKI & A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATED: SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 P.C: Heard the learned APP. The petitioner s application for parole has been rejected on the ground that if he is released, he may cause harm to the witnesses who appeared against him. Another reason is that his father who is standing as a surety being an aged person may not be able to control the petitioner. The third ground is that even if the petitioner's mother is ill, the petitioner's father and wife are there to take care of the mother. A certificate is annexed to 2 the petition which shows that the mother has been advised to undergo angiography by the Superintendent of Sassoon General Hospital, Pune. The ground that the petitioner will cause harm to the witnesses is manifestly without any reason and the ground that his father is old and aged person and cannot control his son is also not a valid reason because his father has to stand as surety and not as a guard. For these reasons, we allow the writ petition and direct the respondents to release the petitioner on parole on usual terms and conditions. The petition accordingly stands disposed of. (BILAL NAZKI, J.) (A.R. JOSHI, J.)