- 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.854/2010 Mahendra Digambarrao Deshmukh. ...Petitioner.. Versus The State of Maharashtra. ...Respondent... ..... Shri Abhishek Kulkarni, Advocate appointed for petitioner. Shri N.R. Shaikh, APP for respondent. ..... CORAM: P.V. HARDAS & A.V. POTDAR, JJ. DATE: 01.10.2010 PER COURT : Heard counsel for the parties. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. A communication sent by the petitioner through jail complaining that his application dated 26.5.2010 for his release on furlough is pending consideration with the respondents. The communication of the petitioner came to be registered as Criminal Writ Petition No.854/2010 and we had accordingly appointed Shri - 2 - Abhishek Kulkarni, Advocate, to represent the petitioner in this petition before us. In response to the notice issued by this Court, the learned APP states that the application filed by the petitioner came to be decided by order dated 12.8.2010 and the petitioner has been released on furlough. In that light of the matter, therefore, the learned APP states that the relief, which the petitioner has sought for in this petition, has been rendered infructuous. In the light of the fact that the application filed by the petitioner hash been decided and he has been released on furlough, we dismiss this writ petition as infructuous. We, however, quantify the fees payable to the learned counsel appointed on behalf of the petitioner at Rs.1500/- (rupees one thousand five hundred only). (A.V. Potdar, J.) (P.V. Hardas, J.) ndk/cr110104