Advocates:
SHAKIL AHMED SYEDRAVINDRA KESHAVRAO ADSURE

REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICITON

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 967-968 OF 2009

(Arising out of SLP (Crl.) Nos. 7210-7211 of 2007)

Mustaq Ahmed Mohammed Isak and Ors.

…Appellants

Versus

State of Maharashtra

…Respondent

JUDGMENT

Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J.

1.

Leave granted.

2.

Challenge in these appeals is to the judgment of a Division Bench of

the Bombay High Court holding that the order dated 4.9.2006 passed by

learned Special Judge in bail application No.32 of 2006 filed in remand

application No.17 of 2006 suffers from no infirmity.

3.

Criminal Appeal No.996 of 2006 was filed under Section 12 of the

Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999 (in short the ‘Act’).

4.

The bail application was preferred by the accused Nos. 5 to 8

challenging the order dated 21.8.2006 passed by the Special Court thereby

granting second extension of 15 days to complete the investigation and to

file the charge-sheet. The bail application came to be rejected. It had been

prayed in the appeal that the appellants be released on bail in LAC No. 3 of

2006 on default of the prosecution in completing the investigation within

the extended pe