1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI. WRIT PETITION NO.2772 OF 2008 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders. Mr.Firoz A.Ansari, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. J.P.Yagnik, APP, for the respondent. Mr Rajesh Datar, for respondent no.1. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATE : 07/07/2009 PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The only ground on which the petitioner seeks to quash Misc.Application No.163 of 2008 and Notice No.539 of 2008 pending before the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Bhiwandi, is that the learned Magistrate has no jurisdiction to entertain the proceedings under section 125 of Cr.P.c. It is submitted that such application can be filed only before the Family Court. In my opinion, the ground is devoid of any T 2 merits. It is also worth mentioning that the Family Court is yet not established in the district of Thane. The Judicial Magistrate First Class, Bhiwandi, in my opinion, has jurisdiction to entertain the application under section 125 of Cr.P.C. In the circumstances, the writ petition is dismissed. (D.B.BHOSALE, J.)