1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAQL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 495 OF 2010 Ghanshyam @ Shyam Shripat Sakat .. Petitioner Vs The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr.A.N.Kotangale , Advocate, for the petitioner. Mrs.A.I.Pai, APP, for the respondent-State. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE & A.R.JOSHI,JJ. DATE : 22/03/2010. PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. By this writ petition, through jail, the petitioner is challenging the order dated 18.11.2009 passed by the Divisional Commissioner, Nashik Division, Nashik, rejecting his application for parole. The petitioner sought parole on the ground that his sister is ailing, as provided for in rule 19 of the Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959. A police report was called by the Divisional Commissioner in respect of the petitioner’s sister’s ailment. The report does not support the petitioner’s contention that his sister is ailing. That apart, the petitioner has T 2 also not produced any supporting document to show that his sister is suffering from serious illness. In the circumstances, the order dated 18.11.2009 impugned in the writ petition, cannot be faulted. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. Office to communicate this order to the petitioner through jail authority immediately. (A.R.Joshi,J.) (D. B. Bhosale, J.)