..(1).. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITINO NO.2860 OF 2005 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITINO NO.2860 OF 2005 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITINO NO.2860 OF 2005 Mohan Dattatraya Bidkar ...Petitioner. Versus Versus Versus The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent. . . . Mr.Vikas Shiarkar, Advocate for the Petitioner. Smt.V.R.Bhosale, APP, for the State. . . . CORAM : D.G.DESHPANDE AND CORAM : D.G.DESHPANDE AND CORAM : D.G.DESHPANDE AND SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ. SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ. SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ. DATE : APRIL 21, 2006. DATE : APRIL 21, 2006. DATE : APRIL 21, 2006. ORAL ORDER (PER Smt.TAHILRAMANI,J.) . Heard learned Advocate for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. Rule. By consent Rule is made returnable forthwith. 3. The petitioner had preferred an application for furlough. The only ground on which the furlough application came to be rejected is that the petitioner belongs to a gang of criminals. It is an admitted fact that since last nine years the petitioner had not been released on parole or furlough. The petitioner is now seeking furlough. ..(2).. 4. The learned Advocate for the petitioner has submitted that the conduct of the petitioner in jail, in past seven years, is good. There are no adverse remarks against him in the last nine years. 5. In this view of the matter, we are inclined to release the petitioner on furlough. The petitioner shall be released on furlough on his complying with the usual terms and conditions. In addition thereto, the petitioner shall inform the jail authorities the address at which he will reside during the period that he is on furlough and he shall report to the nearest police station to that address on every alternate day, during the period that he is on furlough. 6. Rule is made absolute in above terms. (D.G.DESHPANDE, J.) (D.G.DESHPANDE, J.) (D.G.DESHPANDE, J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.)