BA-345-11.sxw 1 Dixit IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.345 OF 2011 Farooque Yusuf Parekh ... Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra, Thru' Kashimira Police Station, Mira Road, Thane ... Respondent Mr. A.P. Mundargi, Sr. Advocate, i/b. Mr. S.R. Mithare, for the Applicant. Mr. K.V. Saste, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 8 TH JULY, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. The Application is made mainly on the ground of delay in holding the trial. Mr. Mundargi, the learned Advocate for the Applicant, points out that the Applicant is in custody as an under-trial prisoner since September, 2008 and the trial has not even commenced as yet. The grievance of the learned Advocate for the Applicant is justified. In the circumstances, it would be proper to expedite the trial. Mr. Mundargi, the learned Advocate for the Applicant, states that, in that case, he would not be pressing the application for bail. 3. The trial Court is directed to expedite the trial and complete it, in any case, before 23rd December, 2011. 4. In view of this, the Bail Application is allowed to be withdrawn and stands dismissed as such. [A.M. THIPSAY, J.]