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27-WP-4863-2021 .doc S.S.Kilaje IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 4863 OF 2021 Umesh Sahebrao Gunjal ...Petitioner/s VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra ...Respondent/s _________________________________________________________________ Mr. Sanjay Kulkarni, Advocate for Petitioner. Mr. B. B. Kulkarni, APP for the Respondent-State. ASI- B. J. Bande, Thane Crime Branch, Thane, Unit -4 Ulhasnagar, present. Mr. Dattatray Jadhav, API, Ambernath Police Station, present. _________________________________________________________________
CORAM : SHIVKUMAR DIGE, J. DATE : 8th OCTOBER, 2026.
P.C. :
1. By this petition, the petitioner is seeking expedite of hearing of Sessions Case No. 221 of 2015 pending before the Sessions Court at Kalyan.
2. It is contention of learned counsel for the petitioner that FIR was lodged in the year 2019 and after filing chargesheet it is numbered as Sessions Case No. 221 of 2015, till date the Sessions Court has not concluded the trial. The petitioner is the brother of the victim and requested to expedite the trial.
3. Considering the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sessions case is pending for than 10 years, I pass following SONALI SATISH KILAJE Digitally signed by SONALI SATISH KILAJE Date: 2026.10.12 10:34:26 +0530
27-WP-4863-2021 .doc S.S.Kilaje
order:
ORDER (i) Writ Petition is allowed. (ii) The learned Sessions Judge at Kalyan shall dispose of the Sessions Case No. 221 of 2015 as early as possible preferably within eight months after receipt of this order.
4. Writ petition is disposed of.
(SHIVKUMAR DIGE, J.)