1 mst IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2177 OF 2009 Akil Ahmed Hanif Malam Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra Respondent None for the applicant. Y.M.Nakhawa, APP for State. CORAM : A.S.OKA, J. DATE : 2nd July 2009 PC :- 1. None appears for the applicant. The applicant is being prosecuted for various offences under the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crimes Act, 1999. The charge sheet has been filed on 07th April 2008 as disclosed in the application. Reliance is placed on order dated 21st November 2008 in Criminal Application No.3318 of 2008 by which this Court expedited the trial. The grievance in the application is that after the said order was passed, only one witness has been examined and there is no progress made in the trial. The prayer in the application is that the prosecution be directed to keep the witnesses present on every date and the trial be directed to be concluded within eight weeks. 2 2. Considering the pendency of large number of cases in the concerned Court, the relief prayed for cannot be granted. This Court has already expedited the trial. The case of the applicant is that he is in custody from 04th October 2006. This Court has already expedited the trial. If the applicant is in custody for more than two and a half years, the concerned Court is bound to consider this fact for giving priority to the case. 3. Subject to what is observed above, the criminal application is disposed of. (A.S.OKA, J.)