1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 44 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1170 OF 2009 Chandrakant Laxman Shelkar ..Applicant versus Jilani A. Kokani & Anr. ..Respondents Mr. Santosh Vishwakarma i/b. M/s. Jay & Co. for Applicant. Ms. Pallavi Dhedia i/b. M/s. Sanjay Udeshi & Co. for Respondent No.1. Ms. A. T. Jhaveri – APP for State. CORAM : D. D. SINHA , J. DATED : JUNE 30, 2010. P.C. : 1. Heard the learned counsels for the parties. 2. Criminal Application No. 44 of 2010 is filed by the applicant seeking early hearing of Criminal Application No. 1170 of 2009. 3. Considered the contentions canvassed by the respective counsels. 4. Criminal Application is of 2009 and therefore in view of the old 2 matters pending for hearing, it is difficult for this court to grant the request for early hearing, at this stage. Hence, the Criminal Application is rejected with liberty to the applicant to move the application for early hearing if the criminal application is not decided within the reasonable time. (D. D. SINHA, J.)