1 wp43111 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 431 OF 2011 Archit Jhunjhunwala ...Petitioner V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents Mr. Vinay Sonpal i/by Mr. Sunil Rewar for the Petitioner Ms. M.H. Mhatre, A.P.P., for the State CORAM: A.M. KHANWILKAR AND S.J. KATHAWALLA, JJ. DATE: 14TH FEBRUARY, 2011 P.C.:- Not on Board. Upon mentioning, taken on Board. 2. The grievance in this petition is that although the petitioner has filed appeal before the Sessions Court, however, no interim protection is extended to the petitioner before the appeal is taken up for hearing, although the protection available to the petitioner given by the trial Court was to lapse on 12th February, 2011. Since the matter is still pending before the Sessions Court, we dispose of this petition, with a 2 wp43111 hope that the Sessions Court would pass appropriate order on the interim application moved by the petitioner in the pending proceedings, in any case within one week from today. The applicant shall serve proceedings of the Sessions Court on the counsel for the private respondents forthwith and produce acknowledgment thereof before the Sessions Court, failing which, the Sessions Court shall defer the hearing of interim application requiring the petitioner to serve the respondents in the first place. 3. At this stage, the counsel for the petitioner submits that the Sessions Court be directed to excuse the presence of the petitioner / accused. We reject this submission. S.J. KATHAWALLA, J. A.M. KHANWILKAR, J.