Ahmed Gulam Mohd Sayyed v. The State Of Maharashtra

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE SIDE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 401 OF 2015 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 402 OF 2014 Ahmed Gulam Mohd. Sayyed.

... Applicant.

V/s.

The State of Maharashtra.

... Respondent.

Mrs. Nasreen Sajid Khalique Ayubi for the Applicant. Mrs. Sangeeta D. Shinde, APP for the State.

CORAM : P.V. HARDAS & Dr. SHALINI PHANSALKAR-JOSHI, JJ.

APRIL 7, 2015.

P.C. :- By this Application the Applicant seeks early hearing of the Appeal filed by him though the Appeal is of the year 2014. It appears that the Applicant has been convicted by the Judgment of the Trial Court dated 27.6.2008. There was a delay of more than five years in filing the Appeal which was condoned by us. We are informed that the Applicant is in Jail since the year 2007 and has thus undergone more than seven years of imprisonment.

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We accordingly allow this Application and direct that the Appeal filed by the Applicant be added to the final hearing board at its appropriate place on the board from 20th April 2015 with liberty to the Applicant to urge for a fixed date hearing. Application is allowed as indicated above. (DR.SHALINI PHANSALKAR-JOSHI, J.) (P.V. HARDAS, J.) 2/2