1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 466 OF 2009 Santosh Bhimraoji Rane .vs. State of Maharashtra & another _________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Court's or Judge's orders. Registrars orders. CORAM : D.D. SINHA & P.B. VARALE, JJ. DATED : SEPTEMBER 14, 2009. Heard Mr. V.H. Khaparde, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Mr. S.J. Jichkar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents. The present Writ Petition is directed against the order dated 5.6.2009 passed by the Competent Authority whereby the request of the petitioner for grant of furlough came to be rejected on the ground that surety furnished by the petitioner was invalid. Mr. S.J. Jichkar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents, has brought to our notice that one Shri Mahendra Mangalsingh Thakur’s name was given by the petitioner as surety. However, on verification it was found that the said person was involved in illegal sale of liquor and has a criminal background and, therefore, the Competent Authority refused to accept him as surety for the petitioner. Mr. V.H. Khaparde, learned Counsel for the petitioner, has submitted that another person, namely, Shri Suresh Nagorao Gawande is ready and willing to stand as 2 surety for the petitioner and the petitioner shall produce him before the Competent Authority. Mr. S.J. Jichkar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents, states that if the second surety proposed by the petitioner is valid in law, in that event, the prayer of the petitioner for grant of furlough shall be considered in accordance with the law. In the backdrop of the above referred facts, no specific direction is necessary. At the same time, it is open for the petitioner to furnish a valid surety before the Competent Authority. With these observations, the Criminal Writ Petition is disposed of. JUDGE JUDGE. J.