PATEL JAYANTIBHAI BECHARBHAI v. STATE OF GUJARAT
Court: High Court of Gujarat
Bench: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.Y. KOGJE
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court of Gujarat judgment dated 2020-12-24. PATEL JAYANTIBHAI BECHARBHAI v. STATE OF GUJARAT. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
R/SCR. A/8394/2020 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 8394 of 2020 ================================================================ PATEL JAYANTIBHAI BECHARBHAI Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ================================================================ Appearance: MR PINAKIN B RAVAL(3468) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR. BHARGAV K MEHTA(7094) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 for the Respondent(s) No. 2 MR. H. K. PATEL, APP,(2) for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ================================================================ CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. Y. KOGJE Date : 24/12/2020 ORAL ORDER [1] This petition is filed with a prayer to direct the Chief Judicial Magistrate First Class, Visnagar to expedite the proceedings and to complete the proceedings in connection with Criminal Case No. 609 of 2017.
It is also prayed to issue warrant of arrest and keep the accused namely Patel Prabhudas Joitaram in custody and continue the proceedings of Criminal Case No. 609 of 2017 while the accused persons is kept in custody. [2] At the outset, learned advocate for the petitioner is unable to point out relevant provisions under which the petitioner could be arrested and detained in custody pertaining to the cognizance under Section 204 of CRPC. Therefore, the petitioner does not press this petition however, requests the Court to consider the case of the petitioner to expedite the trial as now only two witnesses are remaining to be examined. Considering the Criminal Case being of the year 2017 and the request made by the petitioner to be reasonable, it is left open R/SCR. A/8394/2020 ORDER for the petitioner to make an application in appropriate form before the trial Court to expedite the trial within a stipulated period.
Such application be dealt with and decided within a period of one week of application being made. [3] With the aforesaid, the petition stands disposed of as not pressed. (A. Y. KOGJE, J) CAROLINE/Siddharth
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