1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI. WRIT PETITION NO. 1173 OF 2009 Khannasing Ajitsingh Kalyani ...Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Through jail Mrs. P.H. Kantharia, Additional Public Prosecutor, for the State. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATE: OCTOBER 5, 2009 P.C.:­ Report has been received from the concerned Magistrate. We have seen the report. The report itself is a sad story of working of the Courts. The fact of the matter is that the trial is pending for more than 15 years in one case, and for more than 10 years in another case. 2 2. The Magistrate may not be at fault, but the accused is suffering. The Magistrate has assured that the cases against the petitioner and all other cases which are pending for a long time would be decided soon. 3. We direct that all cases against the petitioner pending in the Magistrate’s Court shall be decided within a period of one year. We also direct the prosecution to produce the accused on each day of hearing, without fail, and produce all witnesses whenever they are called by the Court, without fail. The petition stands disposed of. BILAL NAZKI, J. A.R. JOSHI, J.