M. P, Gupta (Advocate-In-Person) v. The State Of Maharashtra

Digitally signed by SHAGUFTA Q PATHAN Date:

2023.03.09 18:18:23 +0530 SHAGUFTA Q PATHAN 48-APL-185-2020.odt

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 185 OF 2020 M. P. Gupta ...Applicant

Versus

The State of Maharashtra

...Respondent

Ms. Babita Pandey for the Applicant Ms. S. S. Kaushik, A.P.P for the Respondent-State PSI Mr. N. K. Ghadge from Mahim Police Station, is present CORAM : REVATI MOHITE DERE & SHARMILA U. DESHMUKH, JJ.

MONDAY, 6 th MARCH 2023 P.C :

Learned counsel for the applicant seeks leave to withdraw the application, with liberty to file a discharge application before the appropriate Court.

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48-APL-185-2020.odt The petition is accordingly disposed of as withdrawn with liberty as prayed.

If discharge application is filed by the applicant, learned Judge shall decide the said application as expeditiously as possible and in any event, within eight weeks from the date of filing of the said application.

Learned Judge to decide the said application on its own merits, uninfluenced by the withdrawal of this application. We make it clear that we have not gone into the merits of this application and as such, all contentions of the applicant, on merits, are kept open.

SHARMILA U. DESHMUKH, J.

REVATI MOHITE DERE, J.

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