1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION. CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.960/2009 Rohit Suresh Bhosale.....Petitioner. V/s Deputy Commissioner of Police and another.......Respondents ............. Ms.V.R.Raje, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr.H.J.Dedhia, APP for the State. ............. CORAM : A.S.OKA, J. Dated :- 06th May, 2009 PC :- 1 This Writ Petition is placed on board for final hearing. 2 An order of externment under the provisions of the Bombay Police Act, 1951 has been passed against the Petitioner by which the Petitioner has been ordered to be externed from the area falling within the jurisdiction of the Commissionarate of Pune and districts of Satara, Ahmednagar, Solapur and Raigad. It is stated in the petition that the appeal preferred by the Petitioner against the order of externment is pending before the Appellate Authority and the Appellate Authority has not yet decided the same. 3 The learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner has placed reliance on a decision of this Court in case of Manish Suresh Patil Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Police & others, of the Division Bench of this Court dated 21.04.2009 in Criminal Writ Petition No.972/2009. 4 Prima facie, it appears to me that the order of externment is excessive. The appeal is pending. Considering the view taken by the Division Bench and considering the facts of this case, Writ Petition is disposed of by passing the following order:- (i) The Appellate Authority will decide the appeal as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of eight weeks from today. 2 (ii)Operation of the impugned order of externment will remain stayed till the final disposal of the appeal. (iii)If the decision in the appeal is adverse to the Petitioner, the order of stay will continue to operate for a period of two weeks from the date on which the same is communicated to the Petitioner. (iv)All contentions on merits are kept open. (v) Rule is partly made absolute in the above terms. JUDGE kps