WP.2328-10 - 1 - VPH IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION No. 2328 OF 2010 Muktai Enterprises ...Petitioner Vs. M/s. Shroff Petroleum & Anr. ...Respondents *** Mr. U. B. Nighot, for the Petitioner. Mr. J. P. Kharge, APP, for the Respondent-State. *** CORAM: V. M. KANADE J. DATE : AUGUST 18, 2010 P.C. 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order passed by the learned J.M.F.C. Baramati on 19th June, 2010. By the said order, the learned Magistrate was pleased to reject the application filed by the petitioner at Exhibit 33. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the said document (Exh.33) is in the form of a conveyance, and therefore, it is governed by Art. 25 of Schedule-I of the Bombay Stamp Act. It is submitted that therefore, the WP.2328-10 - 2 - document is not properly stamped and is not admissible in evidence. 2. I have perused the copy of said document. Though the said document may be in the form of an agreement, the contents thereof clearly reveals that it is an acknowledgment of debt, and therefore, it is properly stamped. The learned Magistrate is therefore justified in rejecting the application of the petitioner. No case is made out for interference. Writ petition is therefore, dismissed. [ V. M. KANADE J.]