IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION No. 414 OF 2009 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL No.564 of 2004 Prabhakar Madhavrao Kamat.. Applicant. vs. The State of Maharashtra. ..Respondent. ------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes,Office : Memoranda of Coram, : Court’s or Judge’s orders appearances,Court ’s : orders or directions : and Registrar’s orders. : ------------------------------------------------------------ Mr Vikas Shivarkar for the Applicant. Mrs. M.H. Mhatre, A.P.P.for the State. CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: A.R. JOSHI,J. A.R. JOSHI,J. A.R. JOSHI,J. DATED : 16TH APRIL,2009. DATED : 16TH APRIL,2009. DATED : 16TH APRIL,2009. P.C.:- P.C.:- P.C.:- 1. Heard the learned counsel for the parties for some time. 2. It is the application for expediting hearing of an appeal filed by the applicant-appellant being aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 31.3.2004 passed by the learned Special Judge, Pune, sentencing the applicant to suffer R.I. for two years for the offences punishable under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. 3. The appeal filed by the appellant is already admitted. The appellant is on bail. The grounds mentioned as to, he is having a social stigma on account of such criminal proceedings and it may hamper the marriage of his daughter and that his only son has expired recently, are not such grounds which will weigh with the Court when earlier matters are still pending and presently this Court is taking the matters of the years 1991 to 1995. Hence, the present application is dismissed and, accordingly disposed of. (A.R.JOSHI,J.) (A.R.JOSHI,J.) (A.R.JOSHI,J.)