1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Criminal Application (BA) No. 487/2011 Smt. Vandana Gajanan Uprikar @ Shanta Uprikar V/s. State of Maharashtra through P.S.O. City Kotwali, Akola. Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Appearances, Courts orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders and Registrar’s orders. Mr. A. M. Ghare, Advocate for the Applicant Mr. S. S. Doifode, A.P.P. for the Non-Applicant CORAM : U.V. BAKRE, J. DATED : 11.10.2011. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The applicant, who has been arrested on 12/10/2010 in Crime No. 280/2010 registered at Police Station City Kotwali, Akola for offence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, has filed the present application for bail. 3. It is seen that the applicant had filed the Criminal Application No. 1964/2010 and had sought for leave to withdraw the same with a prayer of expediting the trial. By order dated 03/02/2011, the said application was disposed of as withdrawn and the trial Court was directed to make endeavour to dispose of the case as early as possible and in any event by the end of January-2012. 4. Learned Advocate for the applicant has submitted that the Presiding Officer of trial Court to which the trial was committed has been 2 transferred and the Presiding Officer to whom the charge is given, is on the verge of retirement, due to which there is uncertainty and likelihood that the trial may not be over within the stipulated period. Whatever may be the position, but on account of order dated 03/02/2011, passed in Criminal Application No. 1964/2010, the applicant has to wait till the end of January-2012 for renewing the prayer for bail. The applicant can as well pray for transfer of the case to any regular Judge and, the Principal District and Sessions Judge can consider such prayer in accordance with the law. In view of the above, the application deserves to be rejected. 5. Hence, the application stands rejected. JUDGE Punde.