-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRI. APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.518 OF 2008 Santosh Ankush Mohite ..Petitioner Vs. The Superintendent of Prisons & Anr. ..Respondents .... Mrs.Indrayani M.Koparkar Advocate for Petitioner Mrs.V.R.Bhosale APP for Respondents .... CORAM: S.B.MHASE AND CORAM: S.B.MHASE AND CORAM: S.B.MHASE AND SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ. SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ. SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ. DATE : MARCH 14, 2008 DATE : MARCH 14, 2008 DATE : MARCH 14, 2008 P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. Heard the learned Advocate for the Petitioner and the learned APP for the Respondents. 2. The Petitioner is seeking furlough. The Petitioner had preferred an application for furlough which came to be granted, however, the condition came to be imposed on him that he shall deposit Rs.25,000/- as security amount. 3. The learned Advocate for the Petitioner submitted that the it is not possible for the Petitioner to deposit an amount of Rs.25,000/- and -2- due to such condition, the Petitioner is not in a position to avail of the furlough leave granted to him. She has further submitted that prior to this, Petitioner has never availed of parole or furlough leave. Being unable to furnish the said security amount, the Petitioner addressed a letter to the Jail authorities requesting them to reduce the security amount. The request made by the Petitioner came to be rejected. Hence, present petition came to be preferred. 4. Looking to the facts and circumstances of this case and especially looking to the financial condition of the Petitioner, we are inclined to reduce the amount of security from Rs.25,000/- to Rs.5,000/-. The Petitioner be released on furlough on the usual terms and conditions, however, instead of furnishing security amount of Rs.25,000/-, the Petitioner is allowed to deposit amount of Rs.5,000/- as security amount. 5. Writ petition is disposed of accordingly. [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.] [ S.B.MHASE, J.] [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.] [ S.B.MHASE, J.] [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.] [ S.B.MHASE, J.]