1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2576 OF 2008 Yashwant Baliram Karbhari. ..... ..... Petitioner. Versus The State of Maharashtra. ..... ..... Respondent. Ms. V. R. Raje, Advocate appointed for the Petitioner. Mrs. P. H. Kantharia, APP for the Respondent. CORAM : BILAL NAZKI and ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATED : 17TH JANUARY, 2009. P.C.: The petitioner is in jail serving sentence of life imprisonment from 7th December, 2005. In between, he has been granted parole and he returned in time. He moved the present application for parole so that he could look after his son who was not well. This application was rejected solely on the ground that the son of the prisoner required rest. If the son requires the rest, he also requires the parental care. Therefore, the respondent should not have taken such a technical objection. 2. It is also seen by us from the record that the petitioner applied for parole on 7th May, 2008 and the order of rejection was passed on 28th July, 2008 taking almost more than two months to decide. Such conduct on behalf 2 of the respondent cannot be appreciated. In future, we expect that the respondent shall decide such applications expeditiously and have some compassion. 3. In view of the above, we allow the writ petition and direct that the petitioner be granted parole for a period of 15 (fifteen) days subject to the conditions to be imposed upon by the Jail Authority. 4. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. Sd/- (BILAL NAZKI, J.) Sd/- (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.)