Partly allowed
Bhaskar Keshav Kumbhare (C-4846) v. the State of Maharashtra and Another
Bombay HCWP/1305/2022
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The High Court of Bombay Bench at Aurangabad quashed the condition requiring Rs. 25,000/- cash security and surety for a petitioner granted furlough leave, deeming it unsustainable after a Full Bench precedent permitting bondless release for open prison inmates.
What did the court decide?
Condition no. 1 requiring Rs. 25,000/- security was quashed and replaced with half cash security of Rs. 2,000/- and personal recognizance of Rs. 5,000/.