1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.624 OF 2010 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders. Mr.Arfan Sait for the petitioner. Mrs.S.D.Shinde APP for the State. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE & A.R.JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 7/05/2010 PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. In this petition, through jail, the petitioner is seeking direction to the concerned authorities to allow the surety to furnish surety bond in a prison nearer from the place of his residence. The petitioner is presently lodged in Nasik Road central prison, whereas the surety is from Mumbai. In view thereof learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the surety may be allowed to furnish the bond at the Arthur Road central prison, Mumbai. He also placed reliance upon the order dated 31.8.2009 passed in criminal writ petition S 2 no.1537 of 2009. By this order similar request was granted by this court. Learned A.P.P. on instructions submits that prison authorites of Arthur Road central prison are prepared to accept the surety of the petitioner. In view thereof we allow this writ petition. We hope that the prison authorities of Arthur Road central prison, Mumbai would allow the petitioner’s surety to comply with all the formalities at the earliest and forward the papers to Nasik Road central prison for further compliance at the earliest. The petition is disposed of. (A.R.JOSHI,J.) (D.B.BHOSALE,J.)