Panchlal Kalluram Jaiswal and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Expedition of criminal trial — time-bound disposal within one year from framing of charge — Essential Commodities (Special Provision) Act, Sections 3 & 7 — C.R. No. SLP LAC No. 31 of 2012, Oshiwara Police Station — E.C. SPL No. 02 of 2019, Sessions Court, Dindoshi, Borivali Division, Mumbai — quashing of C.R. not pressed — Applicants not to take unnecessary adjournments — prosecution to examine four witnesses at earliest — Bombay High Court, Criminal Application No. 329 of 2025, Ashwin D. Bhobe, J., 21-01-2026 — disposed.
What did the court decide?
Criminal Application No. 329 of 2025 disposed: quashing prayer not pressed; Sessions Court, Dindoshi requested to frame charge in accordance with law and to dispose of Special E.C. 02 of 2019 expeditiously and at any rate within one year from the date of framing of charge; Applicants' undertaking to co-operate and not seek unnecessary adjournments accepted; order to be placed before the Sessions Court within 15 days.