1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR. Criminal Writ Petition No. 339 of 2008 (Maroti Sadashiv Dongre .vs. The Deputy Inspector General of Prisons, East Range, Nagpur and another ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's orders. and Registrar's orders ======================================= Mr. N.A. Badar, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. S.S. Doifode, APP for the Respondent. .......... CORAM : K.J. ROHEE &, B.P.DHARMADHIKARI, JJ. DATED : JULY 2, 2008 1. Heard the counsel for the parties. 2. The petitioner ,who is a life convict, has challenged the order of the Competent Authority passed on 15.4.2008 rejecting furlough leave to him under Rules 4 (6),(10) of the Prison (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959. 3. The reply affidavit filed by the respondent/State shows that the petitioner was released on furlough twice, firstly on 30.6.1997 for two weeks and secondly on 2.9.2000 for two weeks. On the first occasion, he did not surrender on due date and was required to be arrested by the Police after 25 days. On the second occasion also, he did not return on due date and was required to 2 be arrested by the Police after 337 days. On both the occasions he was punished by cut in his remission in ratio of 1 X 5. It seems that the petitioner has not challenged the order of punishment. It is thus obvious that the petitioner is in the habit of not only overstaying but also not not surrendering himself on due date as on every occasion he was required to be arrested by the Police. Thus the reason mentioned in the impugned order for rejecting furlough leave to the petitioner is quite correct and no interference in the same is called for. We, therefore, pass the following order:- The petition is dismissed. JUDGE JUDGE halwai