bsb 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 CRI. CRI. CRI. APPLICATION NO. 187 OF 2008 APPLICATION NO. 187 OF 2008 APPLICATION NO. 187 OF 2008 Dhaval Enterprises ... Applicant v/s 1. M/s.A B & U Communication P. Ltd. & ors. ... Respondents Mr.Pachpan singh Gusing for the applicant. Mr.P.A.Pol, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J. SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J. SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATED: DATED: DATED: 2ND JULY, 2008 2ND JULY, 2008 2ND JULY, 2008 P.C. P.C. P.C.: 1. The application has been made for extension of time granted by this Court for completion of the trial. By an order dated 3.3.2008 this Court had directed the trial to proceed expeditiously and to decide the complaint as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of four weeks from that date. An averment is made in para 16 of the application that the Trial Court had directed the applicant, who is the accused before the trial Court, on 21.6.2008, to apply for extension of time to this Court. 2. It is not for the parties to apply for extension of time if the trial has not been completed within the 2 stipulated time. The Trial Court i.e. the Metropolitan Magistrate, 12th Court, Bandra, ought to have applied for extension of time itself rather than leaving it to the parties. 3. Criminal application stands dismissed.