wp1678.10.sxw 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1678 OF 2010 Ramesh Baburao Kakade ....Petitioner. Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ....Respondents. Mr. Shashi Kumar Pandey for the Petitioner. Mr. J.P. Yagnik, APP for the State. CORAM : B.H. MARLAPALLE & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATE : 2nd July, 2010 P.C.: 1 Heard, Mr. Pandey, the learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner and Mr. Yagnik, the learned APP, for the Respondents. 2 The Petitioner has filed a private complaint in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Pune and the order directing the investigation by the Police under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure was passed by the said Court some time in December, 2009. The short grievance raised in this Petition is that despite the order so passed by the Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Pune, there is hardly any progress in the investigation and the I.O. has not submitted his report as yet. 3 Mr. Yagnik, the learned APP placed before us the investigation papers wp1678.10.sxw 2 and he states that there are about 38 documents which are required to be verified and the signatures of 13 individuals are required to be examined by the Handwriting Expert. As per Mr. Yagnik, the I.O. would require some more time. 4 We direct that the investigation be completed and the investigation report be submitted to the Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Pune as expeditiously as possible and preferably before 31st August, 2010. In case, the investigation report is not submitted by the I.O. by 31st August, 2010, the Petitioner is at liberty to apply before the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Pune for further orders as per law. 5 The Petition is accordingly disposed off. (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) (B.H.MARLAPALLE, J.)