1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2184 OF 2007 Waman Dev Khandve ...Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Respondents. Mr. J.D. Khairnar i/by Mr. Vipin Bidkar for the petitioner Mrs. P.H. Kantharia, Additional Public Prosecutor, for the Respondents. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and S.A. BOBDE, JJ. DATE: JANUARY 21, 2008. P.C.:- 1. An application for furlough has been rejected by the Appropriate Authority, and the appeal has also been rejected by the Home Department, State of Maharashtra. It is stated that earlier the petitioner had been granted furlough on two occasions. Once, he surrendered within time, but on the second occasion, he over-stayed for 721 days. Therefore, the authority did not consider it appropriate to grant him furlough again. We do not find any merit in the petition in view of the submission made by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, and the petition is accordingly dismissed. 2 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner, however, submits that the mother of the petitioner is seriously ill, and there is nobody to look after her. He may make a fresh application to appropriate authority, who may consider it in the light of the fact that the mother of the petitioner is sick. BILAL NAZKI, J. S.A. BOBDE, J.