-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 9 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 548 OF 2009 The State of Maharashtra ... Applicant versus The Administrator of Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India and another. ... Respondent Mr. P.A. Pol, Public Prosecutor, for the State. Ms. Rajani Iyer, Senior Advocate, with Ms. Pratiksha Mody, instructed by M/s. K. Ashar & Company, for the respondents. CORAM: P.B. MAJMUDAR & R.G. KETKAR, JJ. DATE: FEBRUARY 22, 2010. P.C. The State of Maharashtra, by this application, is seeking for extension of time for completing the investigation. A Division Bench of this Court, while disposing of Public Interest Litigation No. 8 of 2006, on 9th July, 2009 directed the applicants to complete the investigation within six months from the date of the said order. By this time about seven months have passed, yet the investigation is still not completed. Learned Public Prosecutor has submitted that out of three members of the investigation team, one member was promoted and remaining two members who were required to investigate the matter were not relieved by their earlier department. It is submitted that now -2- they have been relieved and there are five members who will continue with the investigation. The learned Public Prosecutor submitted that till the investigation is over, none of the members is likely to be promoted nor any one of them is likely to retire within a short period and that they will complete the investigation an submit the report before the concerned Court immediately after the investigation is over. Learned Public Prosecutor submitted that no further extension will be sought for. Considering the aforesaid submission, we extend the time upto 31st July, 2010 to complete the investigation. The Applicant should complete the investigation by the aforesaid date and submit its report before the appropriate Court. 2. Subject to the aforesaid directions, this application is disposed of. P. B. MAJMUDAR, J. R.G. KETKAR, J.