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. 3091 OF 1999 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3091 OF 1999 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3091 OF 1999 Asia Television Netword Ltd. & Ors. ...Applicants V/s. Anant M. Nandgaonkar & Anr. ...Respondents Ms.M.M. Deshmukh, APP for the State. AND CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3106 OF 1999 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3106 OF 1999 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3106 OF 1999 M/s.Mithila Tanks and Vessels Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. ...Applicants V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ...Respondents Ms.Rajeshree M. Gadhavi, APP for the State. AND CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3107 OF 1999 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3107 OF 1999 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3107 OF 1999 M/s.Mithila Tanks and Vessels Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. ...Applicants V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ...Respondents Ms.S.U. Garje, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : JANUARY 23, 2006 DATED : JANUARY 23, 2006 DATED : JANUARY 23, 2006 P.C. :- P.C. :- P.C. :- . The point agitated by the petitioners in these petitions is no longer res integra. The same has been - 2 - decided by the Supreme Court in the case of Pankaj Mehra Pankaj Mehra Pankaj Mehra & Anr. V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. reported in & Anr. V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. reported in & Anr. V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. reported in (2000) 2 SCC 756. (2000) 2 SCC 756. (2000) 2 SCC 756. The petition is, therefore, dismissed as it has become infructuous. All questions raised in these petitions are kept open. (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.)