IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 92 OF 2010 SHRI RAMDAS PATIL, PRESENTLY LODGED AT CENTRAL JAIL THROUGH HIS SISTER, SMT. ASHA DESAI ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF GOA THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY AND 2 ORS., ... Respondents Mrs. Asha Dessai, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri C. A. Ferreira, Public Prosecutor for the Respondents. Coram:- N. A. BRITTO, J. Date:- 14th December, 2010 P.C.:- Heard Mrs. Asha Dessai, learned Counsel on behalf of the Petitioner and Shri C. A. Ferreira, learned Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondents. By the present petition, the Petitioner seeks the reduction of the bond which the Petitioner is required to furnish to be released on furlough by Order dated 29-11-2010 of the learned Inspector General of Prisons, Panaji. Learned Counsel on behalf of the Petitioner points out that by Order dated 26-12-2003 as well as by Order dated 31-8-2007, the Petitioner was ordered to be released on parole/furlough upon execution of a bond of Rs.10,000/- only, and, therefore there was no occasion for the learned Inspector General of Prisons to have directed the Petitioner to furnish a bond of Rs.1,00,000/- which is of an exhorbitant amount, beyond the means of the Petitioner. Considering that the Petitioner was earlier released on two occasions upon an execution of a bond of Rs.10,000/-, and the Petitioner had complied with the conditions of the Orders and returned to the prison, there was no necessity for the learned Inspector General of Prisons to have fixed the amount of the bond at Rs.1,00,000/-. Consequently, the condition in Order dated 29-11-2010 is hereby modified and the Petitioner is directed to execute a personal bond in form II in a sum of Rs.10,000/- with one surety in the like amount, as ordered by the learned Inspector General of Prisons. Petition is allowed on the aforesaid terms. Petition disposed off. N. A. BRITTO, J. RD.