{1} IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 172 OF 2010 Faisal Chaus s/o Mohd. Chaus APPLICANT VERSUS The State of Maharashtra RESPONDENT ....... Mr.Joydeep Chatterjee h/f Mr.M.P.Kulkarni, Advocate for applicant Mrs.Yogita M.Kshirsagar, APP for State ....... [CORAM : A.V.POTDAR, J.] DATE: 25 th January 2010 PER COURT: 1. Applicant is an accused in CR No.166/2007 registered with Beed City Police Station. The said offence was initially registered against 7 persons, out of which 5 were arrested and tried and out of them 3 are convicted and 2 are acquitted. Present applicant and one Mirzar Asef were not available for the trial and hence trial against them was separated and the remaining accused were tried by the Sessions Court, Beed. It appears that after the verdict was pronounced in the said case, the present applicant surrendered on 09.09.2009 and since then he is in jail and by way of this application praying to release him on bail. {2} 2. So far as trial of co-accused Mirza Asef is concerned the same is directed to be expedited. It is informed that today the trial is scheduled for framing of charge. 3. Though it is sincerely tried to urge by the learned counsel for the applicant that the evidence against present applicant is weak and due to controversy between two groups due to fear he had fled away from his house and was not absconding, yet considering the fact that the offence was registered in the year 2007 and for the period of 2 years the applicant avoided arrest and during mean time applied for anticipatory bail, which is rejected and even after rejection of the anticipatory bail, did not surrender and did not show his bona fide that he is ready to face the trial the applicant cannot be enlarged on bail. 4. Taking hint from the inclination of the Court that the application would not be allowed, learned counsel for applicant instead of pressing the application, prayed for directions that the trial against the applicant may be expedited with a fixed time schedule. This request is accepted and the application is disposed of as follows. 5. In the result, the application for bail is rejected. The Sessions Judge, on whose file Sessions Case no.75/2007 is pending, is directed to expedite the hearing of the same and {3} dispose of the trial within two months and at the most on or before 31st March 2010 and not to pray for any extension. The trial to be conducted on day to day basis. If the trial is not concluded within the given time frame, the applicant is at liberty to apply for bail. The applicant is directed to cooperate for expeditious disposal of his his trial. If any adjournment is sought by the applicant, that time may be excluded from the given time schedule. Parties to act on the authenticated copy of this order. [A.V.POTDAR, J.] drp/A10/criapln172-10