1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 668/10 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 450 OF 2005. Vilas Vishwanath Madavi .vs. The State of Maharashtra. __________________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Court's or Judge's orders. Registrars orders. Mr. R.P. Joshi, Advocate for applicant/appellant, Mrs. S.S. Wandile, Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent. CORAM: MOHIT S. SHAH, C. J. & A.B. CHAUDHARI, J. DATED : SEPTEMBER 8, 2010. P.C. Heard the learned Counsel for the applicant and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent/State. The learned Counsel for the applicant/ appellant states that though the appeal was admitted in the year 2005, the paper-book is not yet prepared by the Registry. It is further submitted that the applicant/appellant was in custody for one year prior to conviction and after the conviction on 8.7.2004, the appellant has been in jail for the last six years, meaning thereby that the appellant has been in jail for about seven years. In view of the above, the Registry is directed to prepare a paper-book in Criminal 2 Appeal No. 450/2005 within a period of two weeks from today and the appeal shall be listed for final hearing on 4.10.2010. The Registrar (Administration) shall also submit a report indicating why there was so much delay in preparing the paper-book in this Criminal Appeal. The report shall also indicate the number of Criminal Appeals in which the paper- books are not ready even after one year from the date of admission of the appeals with break-up of the number of appeals wherein paper-books are not filed after admission of the appeals, i.e. after 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 years and so on. In view of the above, the Criminal Application stands disposed of. CHIEF JUSTICE J. JUDGE.