1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2772 OF 2011 The State of Maharashtra Applicant V E R S U S Ashok Pandurang Upalkar Respondent Shri K.S. Hoke-Patil, APP for the applicant / State Shri V.D. Sapkal, Advocate for the respondent CORAM : R.Y. GANOO, J. DATED : 18th November, 2011 PER COURT : 1. Heard learned Advocates of both sides. 2. Respondent Ashok Pandurang Upalkar was ordered to be released on bail by order dated 21st March, 2011, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge – II, Nasik on the ground that the charge-sheet was not filed within the statutory period and that the respondent was entitled for bail as per Section 167 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The learned A.P.P. for the applicant / State on the basis of a record had to concede that the charge-sheet was not filed in stipulated period or within the extended period. Hence, the passing of the order dated 21st March, 2011 cannot be faulted. As such, this application will have to be rejected. In view this, application stands rejected. ( R.Y. GANOO, J. ) SRM/ 2