1 srk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY Appellate Side Criminal Writ Petition No.2136 of 2008 Saqib Abdul Hamid Nachan Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra & ors. Respondents Mr.M.H.Solkar i/b Mr.V.A.Ghawate for petitioner Mr.V.B.Konde-Deshmukh, APP for State. CORAM: B.H.MARLAPALLE & SMT.ROSHAN S. DALVI,JJ. August 14, 2009. P.C. 1. As noted in our earlier order dated 23rd March 2009 in five cases filed by the petitioner the investigation was completed and reports were filed in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class concerned. It was also noted that in the remaining cases the investigation was in progress. 2. Along with the affidavit of Shri Pandurang Darade, Senior Inspector of Police attached to Padgha Police Station, Bhiwandi list of the cases filed by the petitioner while in jail has been provided and it appears there are in all 13 cases and in five cases investigation has been completed and reports have been 2 submitted before the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class at Bhiwandi. The said affidavit filed on 20th January 2009 had also assured us that the investigation in the remaining cases shall be completed expeditiously. During the last about five months, the investigation ought to have been expedited and it is not known whether all the 13 cases investigation has been completed and report / charge-sheet has been filed before the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class at Bhiwandi. As per Mr.Solkar, the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner has not received notice in any of the remaining eight cases which were under investigation. 3. We direct that the pending investigations, if any, shall be completed as expeditiously as possible and the report / charge- sheet shall be submitted to the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class at Bhiwandi before 31st October 2009. 4. The petition is disposed off in terms of the above directions. (SMT.ROSHAN S. DALVI,J.) (B.H.MARLAPALLE,J.)