spb/- 1 wp922-11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 922 OF 2011 Prabhakar Subramanian Menon ... Petitioner. V/s. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondents. --- Mr. K.M Mhatre for the Petitioner. Mr. J.P. Yagnik, APP for the State. ----- CORAM : P. V. HARDAS & M.N.GILANI,JJ. DATE : 27TH APRIL, 2011. P.C. 1 A communication has been received from the petitioner through jail which is registered as criminal writ petition. We accordingly, appoint Advocate Shri Mhatre to represent the petitioner in this petition. The learned counsel for the petitioner states that he would be ready with the matter at 3 p.m.. Accordingly, this matter would be heard finally at 3 p.m. today. 2 Called out at 3 p.m.. Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. With the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 3 The petitioner by his said communication prays for expediting the criminal trial which is pending before the Additional Sessions Judge, spb/- 2 wp922-11.sxw Karad, namely, Sessions Case No. 24 of 2010. It appears that an offence came to be registered some time in the year 2007 and since then this trial is pending. The trial of the co-accused of the petitioner came to be separated and as per the petitioner, the co-accused has been acquitted. In that light of the matter, therefore, we are inclined to accede to the request of the petitioner for directing the trial court to expedite the hearing of the trial. 4 We, accordingly, allow this petition and direct the trial court to expedite the hearing of the sessions case no. 24 of 2010, pending on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge, Karad. Rule is accordingly made absolute in the above terms with no order as to costs. [M.N.GILANI,J.] [P.V. HARDAS, J.] .....