Rahul Raj Harshvardhan Singh v. State Of Maharashtra

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1081 OF 2023 Rahul Raj Harshvardhan Singh ..Petitioner

Versus

State of Maharashtra ..Respondent __________ Mr. Praveshkumar S. Yadav for Petitioner.

Mr. N. B. Patil, APP for State/Respondent.

__________ CORAM : SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.

DATE : 6 JUNE 2023 PC :

1.

Heard Shri. Praveshkumar Yadav, learned counsel for the Petitioner and Shri. Patil, learned APP for the State/Respondent. 2.

The Petitioner has filed this petition with a limited prayer for expediting the hearing of his discharge application in S.C.No.315 of 2016 pending before the Additional Sessions Judge, Dindoshi.

3.

Learned counsel for the Petitioner submitted that the Petitioner has filed an application for his discharge in S.C.No.315 of 2016 before the said Court. The application was filed on Digitally signed by VINOD BHASKAR GOKHALE Date:

2023.06.07 14:48:24 +0530 VINOD BHASKAR GOKHALE

31-wp-1081-23 26/04/2018 and till today it is not decided.

4.

On the face of it, there is inordinate delay in deciding the discharge application. It is pending for more than five years as of today. There can be no justification for not deciding the discharge application at the earliest by the trial Court. 5.

Hence, the following order:

O R D E R

i)The Trial Court is directed to decide the Petitioner'

s application for his discharge within a period of six weeks from today.

ii)The office shall communicate this order to the Trial Court at the earliest.

iii) With this direction, the petition is disposed of. (SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.)