IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.492 OF 2009 Ashrafur Rehman Azimullah Shaikh .. Petitioner V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents Mr.N.N.Gavankar i/b.Arfan Sait for the Petitioner. Mr.K.V.Saste, A.P.P.for the State. CORAM : BILAL NAZKI and A.R.JOSHI, JJ. DATED : MARCH 2ND, 2009. P.C. The Petitioner is a convict who is sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life. He remained on bail for long time. He prayed for parole leave as his wife was not well has to undergo surgery. The Police report was in his favour, but the parole application was rejected as the Petitioner has not mentioned the nature of the illness of his wife and he had not also mentioned the date on which the doctors will conduct surgery. Now a certificate has been produced by the consulting surgeon which shows that the wife of the Petitioner is having a lump in the Hypogastric region which according to the doctor needs to be removed by surgery and the date of surgery is fixed on 7th March, 2009. 2. After hearing the learned counsel and also the Public Prosecutor, we feel that the Petition can be disposed of with directions that Petitioner be released on parole subject to usual conditions. (BILAL NAZKI,J.) (A.R. JOSHI, J.)