IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1672 OF 2008. WRIT PETITION NO.1672 OF 2008. WRIT PETITION NO.1672 OF 2008. Karkala Shekhar Boja Shetty. ..Petitioner. versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents. .... Mr.A.R. Pande, for the Petitioner. Mrs.P.P.Shinde, APP, for the Respondent-State. .... CORAM CORAM CORAM : A.S. OKA, J. : A.S. OKA, J. : A.S. OKA, J. DATE DATE DATE : 25TH AUGUST,2008. : 25TH AUGUST,2008. : 25TH AUGUST,2008. P.C. 1. Heard the Advocate for the Petitioner and the learned APP for the State. The learned Advocate for the Petitioner states that the Petitioner has already preferred an appeal before the Appellate Authority. He states that the Appellate Authority has informed the Petitioner that the application for stay will come up for hearing in usual course. 2. Considering the nature of the order impugned in the Appeal, the said application will have to be decided expeditiously. As appeal is already filed, this Petition need not be kept pending and is disposed of by passing the following order :- . (1) The Application for stay filed by the - 2 - Petitioner in the pending appeal shall be disposed of by the Appellate Authority within a period of four weeks from today. . (2) The ad-interim relief granted by this Court will continue to operate till the application for stay is disposed of by the Appellate Authority. In the event, the application for stay is rejected, the ad-interim relief will continue to operate for a period two weeks from the date of communication of the order to the Petitioner. . (3) The Appellate Authority will decide the Application for stay without being influenced by grant a limited protection by this Court. . (4) The Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. . (5) The Appellate Authority to act upon an authenticated copy of this order. [ A.S.OKA, A.S.OKA, A.S.OKA, J.] J.] J.]