drp {1} Cri.W.P.No.395/2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.395 OF 2011 Pralhad Namdeo Nagrale PETITIONER Prisoner No.C/6711, Aurangabad Central Prison, VERSUS The State of Maharashtra RESPONDENT ....... Mr.P.M.Nagargoje, Advocate for the petitioner (Appointed) Mr.S.D.Kaldate, APP for respondent State ....... [CORAM : P.V.HARDAS, AND A.V.POTDAR, J.J.] DATE : 8 th June 2011 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER P.V.HARDAS, J.): 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. A communication sent by the petitioner through jail has been registered as Criminal Writ Petition. We had accordingly appointed advocate Mr.Nagargoje, learned counsel to represent the drp {2} Cri.W.P.No.395/2011 petitioner in this petition. The limited grievance of the petitioner is that he had submitted an application seeking his release on Furlough, sometime in the year 2009. A police report had been called for an ultimately that application came to be decided. The Additional Commissioner, thereafter, ordered fresh inquiry and accordingly, fresh police report had been called for by order dated 29.03.2010. The petitioner has annexed a document received under the Right to Information Act, which indicates that the police report has not been received till the date of issuance of the document, which is 31.03.2011. 3. We cannot countenance an application remaining pending on account of non receipt of the police report. The decision on the application after such a belated stage itself is rendered meaningless, as a grant of lien after more than a year and half or two years would render the application meaningless. In that light of the matter, therefore, we allow this petition and direct the authorities to immediately take steps for obtaining police report from the concerned police station, if not received, within two weeks from today and to decide the application, as per law, within two weeks thereafter and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioner. In the event the police report is already received, the authorities shall decide the application, if pending, in accordance with law, within two weeks from today. Learned APP undertakes to communicate this order to the authorities. Authenticated copy of judgment be provided to the parties to act upon. drp {3} Cri.W.P.No.395/2011 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms, with no order as to costs. Fees, payable to learned counsel appointed on behalf of the petitioner, quantified at Rs.1,500/- [A.V.POTDAR, J.] [P.V.HARDAS, J.] drp/B11/cwp395-11