1 31.apln1772-10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1772 OF 2010 Shravan Budhaji Karpat. .. Applicant. Vs. State of Maharashtra .. Respondent. .... Mrs.Mallika A. Ingale, Advocate for the applicant. Mrs.A.S. Pai, A.P.P. for the State. .... CORAM : A.R.JOSHI, J. DATED : 19TH JULY, 2010 P.C. 1. Heard rival submissions for sometime on this application for regular bail. 2. The applicant is facing the trial for the offence punishable under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code. Allegedly the incident of assault on the husband of the first informant, occurred on 14th July, 2009 at early hours. However, the First 2 31.apln1772-10 Information Report was lodged with Ganeshpuri police station, District - Thane on 4th August, 2009 when the husband of the first informant i.e. victim succumbed to the injuries caused to him by use of sickle. 3. Prima facie, considering the social status of first informant and her family members as peasents and working as agriculture labour, such delay cannot be considered as fatal for the purpose of the present application for bail. What is material is taking name of the present applicant as the assailant and finding of the sickle at the instance of the applicant after his arrest. 4. It is submitted on behalf of the applicant that he is in jail for about a year. Only such detention in the jail cannot be taken in favour of the applicant for the purpose of grant of bail. However, certain directions can be given to the trial Court to dispose of the sessions case as expeditiously as possible and within a specified period. Hence the order :- 3 31.apln1772-10 :: O R D E R :: [i] Criminal Application No.1772 of 2010 for regular bail stands rejected. [ii] The trial Court shall expeditiously deal with the matter and dispose it of according to law preferably within a period of six months from receipt of the order of this Court. The trial Court shall not be influenced by the observations made in the present order so far as merits of the matter are concerned. (A.R.JOSHI,J.) ppd