1 mst IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2282 OF 2009 Salim Mukhtar Mohd. Ali Quereshi Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra Respondent None for the applicant. Y.M.Nakhawa, APP for the State. CORAM : A.S.OKA, J. DATE : 15th July 2009 PC :- 1. Perused the application received through jail. The applicant is facing prosecution under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and was arrested on 26th July 2007. The prayer made in this application is for expediting the trial. 2. It is true that as the accused is in jail his trial deserves to be given priority but there may be cases pending in the concerned Court in which accused are in jail for a longer time. Though all such cases deserve to be given priority, the cases are required to be disposed of in chronological order by giving preference to those cases where the accused are in jail for a longer time. 2 3. Subject to what is observed above, the learned Trial Judge will endeavour to conclude the trial expeditiously. The application is disposed of. A copy of this order shall be forwarded to the applicant through the concerned officer of jail. (A.S.OKA, J.)