1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Criminal Application (APPP) No. 454 of 2011 in Criminal Application No. 3471 of 2009 Narayandas Hiralalji Sarda ..VERSUS.. State of Maharashtra, through P.S.O., P.S., Sadar, Nagpur and 3 others Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Appearances, Courts orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders and Registrar’s orders. Mr. A. C. Dharmadhikari and Mr. M. P. Khajanchi, Advocates for the applicant. Mr. M. J. Khan, Advocate for Respondent no.1 Mr. Shyam Dewani, Advocate for respondent nos.2 to 4. CORAM : Prasanna B. Varale, J. DATED : 2 nd May , 2011 . Heard. By the present application, the parties have moved this Court for extension of the time. This Court by order dated 21/10/2010 observed that as the parties agree to refer the dispute between them to the Arbitrator, the entire dispute was referred to the arbitration of Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.A. Ginwala (Retd.). By said order, this Court requested the learned Arbitrator to decide the proceedings as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of three months from the date of the appearance of the parties. In the meantime all pending criminal and civil proceedings were kept in abeyance. The parties then again moved this Court and sought extension of time. In view of the joint request made by the parties and looking to the fact that some more time was necessary in the matter, this Court by order dated 15/2/2011 extended the time period by six months. In the meantime all the criminal and civil 2 proceedings were kept in abeyance. The learned Advocates for the parties submitted that the six months period extended by this court by order dated 15/2/2011 is yet to be expired. Today, the learned Advocates appearing for the parties submitted that subsequently, the parties decided to refer all their pending disputes including civil, business, criminal and family disputes to the learned Arbitrator to explore the possibility of settlement through arbitration proceedings. It is jointly submitted by the learned Advocates that a voluminous record is now placed before the learned Arbitrator and there are many witnesses to be examined. In such a situation, the period of six months granted by this Court by order dated 15/2/2011 would not be sufficient for the learned Arbitrator. In view of these facts, a joint request is made for grant of some more time. In view of the orders dated 21/10/2010 as well as 15/2/2011 and in view of the joint request made by the learned Advocates for the parties and for the reasons stated in the application, extension of six months is granted, after expiry of the period of six months granted by this Court by order dated 15/2/2011. The parties are at liberty to move this Court in the event if within this period the proceedings are not concluded and require more time. Criminal Application (APPP) No. 454/2011 is disposed of. JUDGE Diwale