Convict Confined In Open Prison Can Be Released On Furlough Without Surety From Relatives: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has held that a convict confined to open prison can be released on furlough by the sanctioning authority by doing away with the requirement of execution of bond by the relatives of the convict.The bench of Justice PN Deshmukh and Justice MG Giratkar of the Nagpur bench followed the decision of a full bench of the Bombay High Court in Dipak Sudhakar Wakalekar v. State...