SSK/943 1 apl 961.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 961 OF 2011 Mr. Vishal Harji Makwana ...Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr. Rajendra Sorankar, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. A. S. Shitole, APP for the State. CORAM : RANJIT MORE, J. DATED : 8TH NOVEMBER, 2011. P.C.: Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned APP for the respective parties.Perused the affidavit-in-reply filed by Mr. Prakash P. Gosavi, Police Inspector attached to Agripada Police Station. 2. The application is filed for quashing the criminal proceedings in CC No.880/PW/2010 pending on the file of learned Metropolitan Magistrate Court at Mazgaon. The applicant is charged under the provisions of Section 304 (a) of the IPC. Paragraph 13 of the above affidavit-in-reply makes it clear that the charge against the applicant is already framed. A copy of the said charge is annexed at Exhibit “A” to the affidavit in reply. It further shows that the complainant is examined by the SSK/943 2 apl 961.11 prosecution on 29th July, 2011 and the matter is adjourned for his cross- examination. In the above circumstances, I am not inclined to interfere in the application However, in the interest of justice, the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s 46th Court, Mazgaon, Mumbai is directed to expeditiously hear and dispose of the case against the applicant. The criminal application is, accordingly, dismissed. (RANJIT MORE, J.)