Bombay HC denies furlough for blast convict
The Hindu
Bench cites adverse report by Prison chife
The Bombay High Court has refused to release a 2002-2003 triple blast convict Farhan Abdul Malik Khot on furlough. Lodged in the Kolhapur Central Prison, Farhan has undergone 14 years of imprisonment but was never released on furlough.
A Division Bench of Justices S.S. Shinde and N.J. Jamadar was hearing a criminal petition filed by Farhan’s brother Zeeshan seeking to quash and set aside an order passed by the Inspector General (IG) of Prisons on December 10, 2019. He also sought a direction from the court to the Superintendent of Kolhapur Prison to release his brother on furlough.
Farhan was arrested on May 1, 2003 and was sentenced under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) and the Explosive Substances Act by a Special POTA court on April 6, 2016.