25.pil.11-08 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.11 OF 2008 Hitesh Ramchandra Shah. ..Petitioner. Versus The State of Maharashtra. ..Respondent. .......................... Mr.Rajesh More, A.P.P., for the Respondent - State. .......................... CORAM : BILAL NAZKI AND A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATE : 18th SEPTEMBER, 2009. P.C. :- 1. This Petition has been filed complaining that in parole and furlough applications, undue time is taken by the respondent to consider and pass appropriate orders. An affidavit has been filed by some Naib Tahsildar in which reasons are made for delay. After hearing the Public Prosecutor, we are of the opinion that there are occasions when parole requires to be granted immediately, for instance if there is a death in the family of a prisoner or some surgery is required to undergo by relative of the prisoner, in such case undue delay would render granting of parole useless. In some other cases, purpose of parole may not be defeated if it takes a long time. Therefore, it is always the conscience of the Officers concerned and 25.pil.11-08 2 also their approach to human rights which would be guiding them in considering these applications and passing appropriate orders. We direct that in cases where parole is for immediate cause, the applications shall be decided preferably before the event and if it is not possible then within three days after the event and in normal cases the respondent should not take more than two months in passing appropriate orders after getting the reports from whatever sources they want to get. With these observations, the Petition is dismissed. [BILAL NAZKI,J.] [A.R.JOSHI,J.]