spb/- 1 wp633-11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 633 OF 2011 Frahan Abdul Malik Khot ... Petitioner . V/s. The State of Maharashtra . ... Respondent. --- Through Jail: Mr. M.K. Kocharekar, for the Petitioner. Mr. J.P.Yagnik, APP for the Respondent -State. ----- CORAM : P. V. HARDAS & M.N.GILANI,JJ. DATE : 06th APRIL, 2011. P.C. 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 no. 633/2011. We accordingly appointed Advocate Shri M.K.Kocharekar, as counsel to represent the petitioner in this petition before us. 3 The grievance of the petitioner is that Sessions Case No. 403 of 2004 is pending for the last about eight and half years and therefore, necessary orders be issued for commencement of the trial on day- to-day basis as the petitioner is under trial prisoner. spb/- 2 wp633-11.sxw 4 Learned APP states on instructions that the petitioner came to be released on bail on 01.04.2011 and till today about 18 prosecution witnesses have been examined and the trial is expected to be concluded particularly, as an investigating officer remains to be examined. In that light of the matter and since the trial is nearing conclusion, we are not inclined to direct the hearing of the trial on day -to- day basis. We however, hope that the trail Judge would endeavour to complete the trial as expeditiously as possible. Rule is, therefore, made absolute in the above terms with no order as to costs. [M.N.GILANI,J.] [P.V. HARDAS, J.]