ladda IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION No.1574 OF 2009. Sanjay Ratilal Thakkar. .. .. Petitioner. vs. State of Maharashtra ..Respondent. Petitioner through jail. D.P.Adsule, A.P.P. For the State. CORAM: BILAL NAZKI AND A.R.JOSHI,JJ DATED: 7TH OCTOBER,2009 P.C.:- 1. The petitioner is suffering life imprisonment and since more than six years he is in jail. He applied for furlough to which he was entitled. It was rejected on the ground that he could not produce a local surety. Prisoner belongs to Baroda in the State of Gujarat. In his application he has stated that he had been granted furlough twice and he had surrendered well in time. Therefore, we had asked the learned A.P.P., to inform the Court whether on earlier occasions when the petitioner was allowed to avail the furlough leave, he had given a local surety or a surety from Gujrat. On instructions, the learned A.P.P.,submits that the prisoner-petitioner had given a surety belonging to the State of Gujarat on two earlier occasions. Previously, when the petitioner had been released on furlough on the basis of surety which belongs to Gujrat and had also returned back in time, we find no justification for the respondents not to consider the request of the prisoner releasing him on furlough on furnishing a surety bond given by the surety who belongs to Gujarat. Therefore, we direct that the petitioner be released on furlough and the bond given by the surety from Gujarat be accepted. Petition is disposed of. (BILAL NAZKI,J) (A.R.JOSHI,J)