IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI. WRIT PETITION NO. 3503 OF 2010 Bharat N. Vaishnawa ....Petitioner V/S. The State of Maharashtra & anr. .....Respondents Mr. Bharat Vaishnawa i/by. M/s. Law Global, Advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. G.P. Mulekar, APP for the State-respondent no.1. CORAM :- Smt. R.P. SondurBaldota, J. 11th August, 2011. P.C. :- 1. This petition is being disposed off finally at the stage of admission in view of the direction dated 16th December, 2010. Notice of the petition has been served upon the respondents. Respondent no.2 is absent despite service of notice. 2. This petition is filed by the original complainant for expeditious hearing of Case No. 1237/PW/2005 pending in the 8th Court, Esplanade, Mumbai. Mr. Vaishnawa, the learned Counsel for the petitioner, points out that the case has been pending in the trial Court since the year 2005 without making any progress whatsoever. The petitioner has annexed copy of the rojnama of the petition which shows that the trial Court has been merely adjourned the matter by granting exemption to the accused since the year 2005. Considering the length of pendency of the application and the approach shown by the trial Court, the petition is required to be allowed. Pendency of the criminal proceedings for such a long time without there being any progress made therein, is not correct. In the circumstances, the petition is allowed in terms of prayer clause (a). The trial of 1237/PW/2005 pending in the 8th Court, Esplanade Mumbai is expedited with a direction that the proceedings be disposed off within a period of one year from today. [SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J]