1 srk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Writ Petition No.1083 of 2010 Dagdu Shivram Kadam Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra Respondent Mr.P.V.Dhopatkar for petitioner. Mrs.M.M.Deshmukh, APP for State. CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. July 7, 2010. P.C. 1. Heard Mr.Dhopatkar, the learned appointed Advocate. By the impugned order dated 23/11/2009 the petitioner’s application for furlough leave has been rejected solely on the ground that the surety shown in the police report was not inclined to stand as surety for the petitioner and, 2 therefore, the Vikhroli police station submitted an adverse report against the petitioner. 2. Shri Gajanan Anna Nikam, a resident of Nagababa Nagar, Vikhroli Park Site, Mumbai 400 079 is present before us and he states that he is the second cousin of the petitioner and he is ready and willing to stand as surety for the petitioner. He has placed on record the copies of his identity card, ration card as well as the identity card issued by the Election Commission of India. He is employed as a driver with a private company at Pune. 3. We, therefore, direct the PI of Park Site police station to verify the antecedents of Shri Gajanan Anna Nikam as he is the proposed surety for the petitioner and submit a report to the DIG (Prisons) at Aurangabad, within two weeks from today. The petitioner’s proposed surety to visit the Park Site Police station tomorrow at 11 a.m. along with an authenticated copy of this order. 4. The DIG (Prisons), Aurangabad will consider the petitioner’s case afresh on the basis of the report so submitted by the Park Site Police 3 Station, Vikhroli and as expeditiously as possible and preferably before 31st August 2010. The petition is disposed off. (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)