1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICMTURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. Criminal WP No. 676 of 2008 Pralhad v. The State of Maharashtra and anr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Office notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's Orders. Ms Preeti Rane, Adv for petitioner. Mr A.S. Sonare, APP for respondents. Coram : D.D. Sinha and A.P. Bhangale, JJ Dated : 11th December 2008 1. Heard Ms Preeti Rane, learned counsel for petitioner and Mr A.S. Sonare, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for respondents. 2. This writ petition is directed against the order dated 21.7.2007 whereby request of the petitioner for grant of furlough leave came to be rejected on the ground that the surety proposed is not a valid surety as well as in view of the provisions of rule 4(10) of the Prisons (Bombay Furlogh and Parole) Rules, 1959. 3. Considered the contentions canvassed by the respective parties and perused the impugned order. It is brought to the 2 notice of this Court that when on earlier occasion the petitioner was released on parole, he did not surrender on due date and he was required to be arrested in order to bring him back to prison. The delay caused was of 1098 days. In the circumstances, impugned order appears to be justified and proper. Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed. However, it is open for the petitioner to act in view of the provisions of rule 9 of the Rules. Judge. Judge. hsj