1 Ladda IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.362 OF 2009 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL No.574 OF 2008 Chetan Harisingh Sikerwar ..Applicant/Appellant. vs. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent. Mr V.V. Purwant, Advocate for the applicant. Mr S.R. Shinde, A.P.P.for the State. CORAM: A.R.JOSHI,J. DATE : 11TH JUNE,2009. P.C.:- 1. Heard the learned Advocate for the applicant convicted accused. It is the application for fixing date of early hearing of the appeal which is preferred against the impugned judgment and order of conviction of the appellant for the offence punishable under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Appeal is of the year 2008. Presently, the appeals of the years 1991-1995, in which accused persons are 2 on bail, are being taken for hearing. There is no legal necessity to expeditiously take up the present matter for final hearing. Hence, the application stands rejected. A.R.JOSHI,J.