IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY VPH CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION No. 1079 OF 2008 Sanjay Ambaji Jagtap Petitioner (Through Jail) Vs. State of Maharashtra Respondent Mr. A. S. Gadkari, APP for the respondent. CORAM : BILAL NAZKI, & A. A. KUMBHKONI, JJ. DATE : JULY 21, 2008. PC :- 1. This application has been received from the jail, sent by the prisoner/petitioner, in which he has stated that from 31st August, 2007 he is in jail without any grounds having been disclosed to him for his imprisonment. He has submitted that he had not been given copy of remand applications. 2. The public prosecutor has placed on record a list, which shows that the petitioner is involved in eight cases and in all these cases, charge-sheets have been filed. . Some cases are being tried at Courts at Kalyan and Thane, one case is in Mumbai and another case is at Palghar. It is submitted that whenever case is listed, the accused is produced before the Court. - 2 - 3. From the chart produced by the respondent, it appears that in none of these cases so far, the charges have been framed and the trial is yet to commence in all these cases. We are of the view that it will be convenient to the prosecution as well as for the accused, if all these cases are tried at one place. Following cases are pending at Thane before the Sessions Court- (i) C.R. No.I-80/2007 (R.C.C. No. 740/2007, (ii) C.R. No. I-63/2007 (Sessions Case No.131/2008), (iii) C.R. No.I-104/2007 (Sessions Case No. 468 of 2007). We order transfer of other cases to Sessions Judge Thane, who may take all these cases for trial in future on one day, so that accused will have to appear once. 4. In view of this we hereby order transfer of following cases to the Sessions Court at Thane ( pending before the Sessions Court at Kalyan)- (i) C.R.I-18/2007 (Sessions Case No. 202/2008), (ii) C.R. No. I-22/2007 registered at Boriwali Police Station (Sessions Case No. 43/2007, pending at Addl. Sessions Judge, Dindoshi, Mumbai), (iii) C.R. No.I-26/2007 registered at Kolsewadi, Kalyan Police Station (Sessions Case No.8/2007, pending at - 3 - Sessions Court, Kalyan), (iv) C. R. No. 40/2007 registered at Boisar, Thane Rural Police Station (Sessions Case No. 178/2007 pending before Sessions Court, Palghar. 5. The learned judges are directed to transfer the record immediately to the Sessions Court at Thane. We are also told that the petitioner is lodged in Central Jail Thane since long. With these directions, the petition is dismissed. Sd/- [ BILAL NAZKI, J.] Sd/- [ A. A. KUMBHAKONI, J.]