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ITEM NO.3 COURT NO.8 SECTION II-A
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 11861/2023
(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 18-07-2023
in BA No. 1054/2023 passed by the High Court Of Judicature At
Bombay At Aurangabad)
DHIRAJ Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Respondent(s)
(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.190354/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.190355/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.190357/2023-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)
Date : 09-02-2024 This matter was called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRASANNA BHALACHANDRA VARALE
For Petitioner(s)
Mr. Vivek C. Solshe, Adv.
Mr. Varun V. Solshe, Adv.
Mr. Anjani Kumar Jha, AOR

For Respondent(s) Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.
Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR
Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv.
Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv.
Ms. Raavi Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Yamini Singh, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Learned counsel for the respondent, State of Maharashtra, upon instructions, informs that 16.02.2024 is the next date fixed for framing of charges. He further submits that the petitioner has hardly been in custody for about a year. As such, some reasonable time may be granted to the Trial Court to at least proceed with the recording of evidence of the witnesses of fact.
In view of the above, we are not inclined to consider the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner at this stage. The special leave petition is, accordingly, dismissed.
However, it would be open for the petitioner to renew his prayer for bail after one year in case the trial is not concluded by that time.
(NEETU KHAJURIA)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS (RANJANA SHAILEY)
COURT MASTER