Ananda Laxman Chopade vs The State Of Maharashtra And Ors
2017 Latest Caselaw 2213 Bom

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Urmila Ingale

                          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                    CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
                              CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1558 OF 2017

                 Ananda Laxman Chopada                          .. Petitioner
                      Vs.
                 The State of Maharashtra and ors.               .. Respondents 

                 Mr.Prosper D'Souza, for the Petitioner.
                 Mrs.G.P. Mulekar, APP  for State.

                                               CORAM : SMT. V.K.TAHILRAMANI &
                                                              M.S.KARNIK, JJ.

04th MAY, 2017

ORAL JUDGMENT (PER SMT.

V .K.TAHILRAMANI) :

. Heard both sides.

2. The petitioner preferred an application for furlough.

The said application came to be rejected. Being aggrieved

thereby the petitioner preferred Appeal. The said Appeal was

dismissed by order dated 14/12/2016. Hence, this Petition.

3. The application of the petitioner for furlough came

to be rejected on the ground that earlier on 18/06/2002 when

the petitioner was released on parole for a period of 30 days, he

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did not report back to the prison in time. Ultimately, the police

have to trace him, arrest him and bring him back to the prison.

There was delay of 4567 days in reporting back to the prison.

On account of this, the authority apprehended that if the

petitioner is released again on parole, he will abscond and will

not report back to the prison in time. Looking to the fact that

the petitioner has overstayed for almost 13 years, we find that

there is much merit in this apprehension. Hence, we are not

inclined to interfere.

4. Rule is discharged. Office to communicate this order

to the petitioner who is in Kolhapur Central Prison, Kalamba.

(M.S.KARNIK, J.) (SMT. V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J.)