1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1081 OF 2010 Manojkumar Ijawa Bhargava .... Petitioner vs The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent Ms.Indu Varma, Advocate appointed for the petitioner. Mrs. S. D. Shinde, APP for State. CORAM: B.H. MARLAPALLE & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATE : 8th June, 2010 P.C.: 1 Heard Ms. Indu Varma, learned Appointed Advocate and Mrs.S.D.Shinde, learned APP for the State. 2 The petitioner is presently undergoing the sentence of life imprisonment at Kolhapur Central Prison, Kalamba. He is also facing trial in two criminal cases before the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate at Borivali. Mrs. Shinde, learned APP, on instructions, states that the trial in C.C. No.143/PW/2004 and C.C. No. 498/PW/2004 has been combined and four witnesses including the complainant have been already examined and in the absence of the petitioner. The petitioner has sought a limited relief of expediting the trial of these cases and to shift him to a nearby Prison so that he could be presented before the Court during the trial of these cases. 2 3 We direct the Inspector General of Prisons, Maharashtra State to shift the petitioner from the Kolhapur Central Prison, Kalamba to the Central Prison at Thane within two weeks from today and the Superintendent of the Central Prison at Thane is further directed to ensure that the petitioner is presented before the 24th Court of Metropolitan Magistrate at Borivali during the combined trial of C.C. No.143/PW/2004 and C.C. No.498/PW/2004. 4 The Petition is disposed in terms of the above directions. (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) ( B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)