IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION No 676 of 1999 WITH SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION No 431 of 1999 WITH CRIMINAL MISC. APPLN. Nos.5803/99 & 5898/99 IN SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION No 676 of 1999 For Approval and Signature: Hon'ble MR.JUSTICE R.P.DHOLAKIA -------------------------------------------------------------- JASWANTBHAI M SHETH Versus STATE OF GUJARAT -------------------------------------------------------------- Appearance: 1. Special Criminal Application No. 676 of 1999 MR PR NANAVATI for Petitioner MR AJ DESAI, APP for Respondent 2. Special Criminal ApplicationNo 431 of 1999 MR HARIN P RAVAL for Petitioner MR AJ DESAI, APP for Respondent No. 1 3. Criminal Misc. Application No5803 & 5898 of 1999 MR SAURIN A. SHAH for Petitioner MR AJ DESAI, APP for Respondent No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------- CORAM : MR.JUSTICE R.P.DHOLAKIA Date of decision: 02/11/1999 COMMON ORAL JUDGEMENT Cri.Misc.Applications Nos.5803/1999 and 5898/1999 have been preferred by the alleged accused to join them as party respondents in Special Criminal Application No.676 of 1999. Special Criminal Application No.431 of 1999 has been preferred by the alleged accused Vikramsinh Manubhai Parmar requesting this Court to transfer the investigation whereas Special Criminal Application No.676 of 1999 has been filed by the present petitioner-original complainant for transferring the investigation either to Central Bureau of Investigation or to any other appropriate authority. Heard learned counsel, Mr.A.H.Mehta for Mr.P.R.Nanavati, learned counsel for the petitioner in Special Criminal Application No.676 of 1999, learned counsel Mr.N.D.Nanavati for Mr.Harin Raval, learned counsel for the petitioners in Special Criminal Application No.431 of 1999, Mr.Saurin A. Shah, learned counsel for the applicants in Cri.Misc.Applications Nos.5803 of 1999 and and 5898 of 1999 in Special Criminal Application No.676 of 1999 and Mr.A.J.Desai, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State in all the matters. At present Mr.I.N.Desai, P.I., DCB Crime Branch, Ahmedabad is investigation the matter in question and his immediate superior officer is Shri Subhash Trivedi, S.P., DCB Crime Branch, Ahmedabad. Without entering into the merits of the matter and without discussing anything in the matter, with the consent of the learned counsel appearing for the respective parties in all the matters, I pass the following order: Present investigation officer Shri I.N.Desai, P.I., DCB Crime Branch, Ahmedabad is at liberty to investigate further in the matter and his immediate superior officer, Mr.Subhash Trivedi, S.P., DCB Crime Branch, Ahmedabad is directed to supervise the investigation practically on a day-to-day basis and should see that investigation would be over as early as possible preferably within a period of four months from today. All these matters are disposed of accordingly with the aforesaid observations. Original order is directed to be kept in Special Criminal Application No.676 of 1999 and a copy each is directed to be kept in Special Criminal Application No.431 of 1999 and also in Cri.Misc.Applications Nos.5803 of 1999 and 5898 of 1999. .... radhan/