:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3219 OF 1993 Iqbal Hashim Khatri & ors. ... Applicants versus The State of Maharashtra & anr. ... Respondents ... Ms.Sonal Gokhale, for the Applicants. Mr.A.S. Gadkari, A.P.P., for the Respondent. ... CORAM : A.M.KHANWILKAR,J. 22nd March 2005 P.C.: . This application takes exception to the Chapter proceedings initiated against the Applicants as back as in 1993. During the pendency of this application, Applicants have enjoyed interim relief all throughout. By efflux of time, the purpose for which Chapter proceedings were initiated against the Applicants must have come to an end. In the circumstances, :2: this application succeeds in terms of prayer clause (a) with liberty to the authorities to proceed against the Applicants in accordance with law as and when occasion arises. All other aspects are kept open. (A.M.KHANWILKAR,J.)