1. On the facts and circumstances of the case, no notice to any person is necessary in this application.

2. In the main appeal, a three-Judge Bench of this Court to which two of us were parties, has issued certain directions for effective enforcement of the right to speedy trial flowing from Art.21 of the Constitution of India (as recognized by a Seven-Judge Bench of this Court in A.R. Antulay v. R.S. Naik, (1992) 3 SCC 225:1992 AIR SCW 1872: AIR 1992 SC 1701: (1992 Cri.LJ 2717)). Relevant among such directions for the present purpose, are the following:

Direction No. (i):- In cases where the trial is for an offence punishable with imprisonment for a period not exceeding seven years, whether the accused is in jail or not, the Court shall close prosecution evidence on completion of a period of two years from the date of recording the plea of the accused on the charges framed whether prosecution has examined all the witnesses or not, within the said period and the Court can proceed to the next step provided by law for the trial of the case.

Direction No. (iii):- If the offence under trial is punishable with imprisonment for a period exceeding 7 years, whether the accused is