1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA CRIMINAL APPLICATION(BAIL) NO. 218 OF 2008 WITH CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION NO. 229 OF 2008 AND CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS APPLIATION NO. 219 OF 2008 Shri Nageshwar Pandey through Attorney Anup Kumar Sinha. ... Applicant versus Smt. Fermeena Khaunte and others. ... Respondents Mr. S. D. Lotlikar, Senior Advocate with Mr. A. K. Sinha and Mr. Ryan Menezes, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. C. A. Ferreira, Public Prosecutor for Respondent Nos.5 to 8. Mr. S. M. Walawaikar, Advocate for Respondent Nos.1 to 3. Mr. D. S. Manerkar, Advocate for Respondent No.4. CORAM : N. A. BRITTO, J. DATE : 15TH SEPTEMBER, 2008. P.C.:- Heard learned Counsel on behalf of all parties and learned Public Prosecutor on behalf of Respondent Nos.5 to 8. 2 After hearing the matter for some time, learned Counsel on behalf of Respondent Nos. 1 to 4 state that the said Respondents/Accused have already filed an application for regular bail, in terms of the impugned Order dated 19-8-2008, particularly para 4 at page 17, for grant of regular bail. Learned Counsel further submit that in order to enable the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, New Delhi or such other Metropolitan Magistrate to whom the application may be allotted, to decide the application, the said Respondents/Accused will appear before the said Metropolitan Magistrate in person, to enable the said Metropolitan Magistrate to decide and dispose of the said application. The statements are accepted. It is also made clear that the learned Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or some other Metropolitan Magistrate to whom the bail application is alloted will decide the controversy independently of the observations which might have been made by the learned Additional Sessions Judge in para 11 of the impugned Order. The other directions given by the learned Additional Sessions Judge shall remain in force. In view of the above, nothing survives in this application and accordingly the same is disposed of. N. A. BRITTO, J. RD