1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE - CRIMINAL CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2250 OF 2009 Balaram Govind Gaikwad .... Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .... Respondents Ms Sabana Shah i/b Shri O.A. Siddiqui and Shri Rajendra Rathodfor the Petitioner. Dr. F.R. Shaikh, APP, for the State. CORAM: BILAL NAZKI & A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATED: SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 P.C: The learned APP, on instructions of the I.O. present in the Court, submits that the investigation in the matter is completed and the accused have been booked for various offences including for the offence under Section 302 of the IPC. Twelve accused in the case have been arrested and are in custody. Charge-sheet has been filed. Four accused are shown as absconding. It is submitted by the learned APP, on instructions of the I.O., that 2 warrants of arrest have not been issued but the police has applied for issuance of a proclamation against the absconding accused. In these circumstances, we direct the concerned Magistrate to issue warrants of arrest against all the absconding accused and we also direct the Magistrate before whom the charge-sheet has been filed to ensure that all necessary steps are taken to execute the warrants immediately. We are passing this order in view of the fact that some material has been placed before us which shows that one of the accused, who is absconding, is a Corporator and is regularly attending meetings of the Corporation. With these observations, the petition is disposed of. (BILAL NAZKI, J.) (A.R. JOSHI, J.)