JUDGMENT

S.S. Shinde, J. - Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard with the consent of learned counsel appearing for the parties.

2. Factual matrix of the case is as under:-

The Petitioner is wife of convict namely Virendra Thakur who is convict no. 7431 at Kolhapur Central Prison, Kalamba, Dist. Kolhapur. It is stated that the convict was arrested in the month of August 2013. Thereafter, the convict was tried for the offences punishable under Section 302 of IPC and convicted by Sessions Court, Mumbai, by judgment and order dated 27.12.2019 in Special Case No. 2 of 2014. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Initially, he was in Yerwada Jail at Pune, however, he came to be transferred to Kolharpur Central Prison, Kalamba, Dist, Kolhapur.

3. It is the case of the petitioner that the convict i.e. her husband has undergone 7 years and 7 months imprisonment and including remission more than 8 years. The convict applied for furlough, however by order dated 23rd June 2020, his prayer for release on furlough had turned down by the concerned authority. Being aggrieved by the order dated 23rd June 2020 passed by Respondent No. 2, the convict filed appeal before the 1st respondent. The