1 srk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Writ Petition No.1115 of 2010 Shirish Anand Vankhede Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra Respondent Mrs.Indrayani Koparkar for petitioner. Mr.J.P.Yagnik, APP for State. CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. July 7, 2010. P.C. 1. Heard Mrs.Koparkar, the learned appointed Advocate for the petitioner. By the impugned order dated 21/12/2009 the petitioner’s application for parole leave has been rejected by the Divisional Commissioner, Pune Division at Pune solely on the basis of the report submitted by the Police Commissionerate at Pune dated 4/11/2009. As per 2 the said report the proposed surety Shri Charles Govind Adagale is 67 years of age and, therefore, would not be fit to have supervision and control over the petitioner so as to ensure that he surrenders on completion of the parole leave. 2. Shri Charles Govind Adagale appeared before us on 1st July 2010. He has retired from railway service and is a pensioner. He is a permanent resident of Pune and brother of the petitioner’s mother (matrimonial uncle). We found him to be hail and hearty and he has assured before us that as in the past, the petitioner would surrender to the concerned jail on expiry of the parole leave period. 3. We, therefore, direct that Shri Charles Govind Adagale be accepted as a competent surety for the petitioner and his case for parole leave be considered afresh and decide the same as expeditiously as possible but in any case before 15th August 2010. Petition disposed off accordingly. (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)