1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH NAGPUR. CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 339 OF 2006 Harichandra Narayan Jadhav. PETITIONER. VERSUS State of Maharashtra through D. I. G. Prison Nagpur & another. RESPONDENTS. Shri. Anil Mardikar, Counsel for the petitioner. Shri. D. B. Patel, APP for the State-respondent. CORAM: K . J. ROHEE & C. L. PANGARKAR J J. Date: 8th NOVEMBER 2006. P. C. 1. Rule. Returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of parties. 2. By this petition the petitioner seeks furlough leave for 15 days. The 2 petitioner is a life convict. He was convicted by judgment dated 01.02.2003. Furlough leave was granted to him for the first time. However, at that time he surrendered late by 164 days. Thereafter he again applied for furlough leave which came to be rejected by the order dated 21.04.06 on the ground that on the previous occasion he surrendered late by 164 days. 3. It is not disputed that on the first occasion the petitioner surrendered though late by 164 days, he was not required to be arrested and brought back to the jail. It is not disputed that the petitioner was punished as he surrendered late. In view of these circumstances we think it expedient to grant him furlough leave for 15 days as prayed for by him. Hence the order: 4. The petition is allowed. The Competent Authority is directed to grant furlough leave for 15 days to the petitioner by imposing reasonable conditions. 5. Rule is made absolute in above terms. JUDGE JUDGE svk