Sameer Sharad Kulkarni v. The State Of Maharashtra

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1587 OF 2018 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 860 OF 2018 Sameer Sharad Kulkarni .....Applicant Vs.

The State of Maharashtra ....Respondent.

Mr. Sameer Kulkarni, Applicant present in person. Mr. Sandesh Patil, Special PP with Smt. M.M. Deshmukh, APP for the Respondent-State.

Mr. Sajid Qureshi for the Intervenor.

CORAM : S.S. SHINDE AND A. S. GADKARI, JJ.

DATE : 22nd OCTOBER, 2018.

P.C.:- The present Application is preferred by the ApplicantAccused No.5 praying that, appropriate directions may be issued to the Special N.I.A. Court for speedy hearing of the Trial pertaining to Special N.I.A. Case No. 1 of 2016.

In pursuance of the Order dated 9th October 2018, the learned Special Judge seized of the Trial of Special N.I.A. case No.1 of 2016, has submitted a report dated 16th October 2018. The same is taken on record.

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ssm 2 30-appa1587.18.doc Mr. Sandesh Patil, the learned Special P.P. appearing for the National Investigation Agency, on instructions, submitted that the Trial Court has fixed the said case for framing of charge on 26th October, 2018. He further, on instructions, submitted that, the Investigating Agency is desirous of proceeding with the Trial on dayto-day basis. Since the offence is of the year 2008 and the said case is pending on the file of the learned Trial Court/Special N.I.A. Court for pretty long time, we hereby request the Special N.I.A. Judge to make an endeavour to conduct the Trial of the said case preferably on day to day basis and to expedite the same.

This direction is issued in conformity with the earlier Orders passed by the Hon'ble the Apex Court and the Orders passed by the earlier Division Benches of this Court. The Application is disposed off, in the aforesaid terms. (A.S. GADKARI, J.) (S.S. SHINDE,J.) 2/2