1 cr-wp-204-11 jdk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI. WRIT PETITION NO. 204 OF 2011 Harish Rama Mandvikar ..Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent .... Mr. Prashant Bhavake Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. P.A. Pol, P.P. for the Respondent-State .... CORAM : P.V.HARDAS AND M.N.GILANI, JJ. DATED : APRIL 19, 2011 ORAL JUDGMENT [PER P.V.HARDAS, J.] : 1 Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of the learned counsel for the parties this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2 A communication sent by the petitioner through jail has been registered as Criminal Writ Petition. The petitioner takes exception to the pendency of the trial viz., Sessions Trial No.14 of 2008 which is pending before the Additional Sessions Judge, Mumbai. 2 cr-wp-204-11 3 The petitioner alleges that the trial has been delayed on account of absence of prosecution as also the fact that under trial prisoners were not produced in time before the Court. The respondents had filed their affidavit in reply and in the affidavit in reply the respondents have submitted that the accused were produced before the Court on 52 different occasions and the accused were not produced before the Court only on 7 occasions. It is further stated that on account of pendency of the cases, the trial has been delayed. 4 Since the charge sheet in the present case came to be filed some time in the year 2008, we consider it appropriate to direct the Additional Sessions Judge to decide the trial as expeditiously as is possible. 5 We accordingly make Rule absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. [ M.N.GILANI, J. ] [ P.V.HARDAS, J. ]