1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2359 OF 2007 Mehmood Abdul Kadar Shaikh ...Petitioner Versus The State & Anr. ... Respondents. Mr. Milan Desai for the petitioner Mr. A.R. Patil, Additional Public Prosecutor, for Respondent No.1 CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and S.A. BOBDE, JJ. DATE: JANUARY 17, 2008. P.C.:- This is a Writ Petition filed to quash F.I.R. No.310 of 2007 on the ground that the F.I.R. does not disclose any offence. 2. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submits that the investigation is already complete, and the charge-sheet would be filed within a week. The allegation levelled in the F.I.R. by the complainant was that the accused had told him that the complainant had made an illegal construction, and he would inform the Municipal Corporation, if an amount of Rs.10,000/- was not paid to him. 2 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that this is not a case of extortion, as no threat was given to the accused, in case he failed to pay an amount of Rs.10,000/-. Whether a threat to make a complaint to the Municipal Corporation would amount to extortion, in the circumstances in which Rs.10,000/- were demanded, is a matter which can be gone into by the trial Court. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the parties have already compromised, since the offence is non-compoundable. Therefore, on that ground also, the F.I.R. cannot be quashed. 4. As the Court proceeds with the trial of the matter, it shall not be guided by any of the observations made in this order, which are made purely for disposal of this Writ Petition, and the Court shall proceed in the matter in accordance with law. 5. The petition is, accordingly, disposed of. BILAL NAZKI, J. S.A. BOBDE, J.