JUDGMENT :

Bharat P. Deshpande, J.

Admit. Heard finally by the consent of the learned counsel for the respective parties.

2. The appellant is one of the accused in Crime No.357/2022, registered with Police Station Civil Lines, District – Akola, for the offence punishable under Sections 302, 120-B, 143 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 4 and 25 of the Arms Act and Section 3(1)(i)(ii), Section 3(2) and Section 3(4) of the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999. Present appeal is filed under Section 12 of MCOC Act, 1999, thereby challenging three orders, (i) First order of extension granted to the Investigation Agency for a period of 60 days under Section 21(2)(b) of MCOC Act, on 07.11.2022 by the Special Court, (ii) Order rejecting bail application filed by the appellant under Section 167(2)(a)(ii) of the Code of Criminal Procedure read with Section 21(2)(b) of MCOC Act dated 09.12.2022 and (iii) Second extension of 15 days granted to the Investigation Agency under Section 21(2)(b) of the MCOC Act dated 09.01.2023.

3. Learned counsel Mr. Sirpurkar, basically raised three grounds thereby challenging the impugned orders. Firstly, he claimed that both extensions gr