:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.92 OF 2009 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.92 OF 2009 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.92 OF 2009 IN IN IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.257 OF 2001 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.257 OF 2001 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.257 OF 2001 Shashikant Waman Kochikar & Anr. ...Applicants. v. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondents. Mr.Girish Kulkarni , adv. for the Applicants. Mr.Y.M.Nakhawa, APP for the Respondent/State. CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: R.V.More,J. R.V.More,J. R.V.More,J. DATE: 5th February, 2009. DATE: 5th February, 2009. DATE: 5th February, 2009. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. Heard Mr.Kulkarni the learned counsel for the applicants. The application is taken out for fixing the date of final hearing. Applicants are convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 and also under the Indian Penal Code. Applicant no.1 has completed 60 years of his age and the applicant no.2 has completed 70 years of his age. Incident is of 1979 and the C.R. was ultimately registered in the year 1984. Applicants were convicted by the Special Judge in January, 2001. The Criminal Appeal No.257 of 2001 is admitted in the year 2001 and pending for final hearing. By the order dated 19th March, 2003, this Court already in Criminal Application No.1033 of 2003 has expedited the final hearing of the above appeal. R & P is received and paper-book is also ready. In the above facts and :2: circumstances and in the interest of justice,, I deem it appropriate to fix the above criminal appeal in a week commencing from 30th March, 2009 on the board of final hearing. 2. Application stands disposed off. (R.V.MORE, J.) (R.V.MORE, J.) (R.V.MORE, J.)