1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.4373 OF 2009 Sachin Jayraj Mhatre : Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. : Respondents ... Ms Sneha Madinur i/b. Mr.Dinesh Tiwari for the applicant. Ms M.H. Mhatre, Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. ... CORAM : S.A. BOBDE, J. DATE : SEPTEMBER 29, 2009. P.C.: 1. The applicant has challenged the order of externment passed by the respondents. 2. According to the learned counsel for the applicant, the statutory appeal against such an order is not an adequate remedy because the order is politically motivated. However, a perusal of the application does not disclose any details in respect of the allegations that the externment order is politically motivated. There is an allegation about a so-called advice by some unnamed police personnel that the applicant should keep quiet in the coming elections or else he would invite trouble for himself, vide 2 paragraph (4)(i). There is a further allegation vide paragraph (5) that the order is politically motivated without giving any details. The allegations are vague and not sufficient to render the appeal nugatory. Hence, though this Court undoubtedly has the power to entertain this application in respect of the externment order, this case does not call for exercise of the extraordinary power as an alternate remedy is provided by the statute. On that ground, the application is dismissed. The appeal, if presented, shall be decided by the appellate authority expeditiously. S.A. BOBDE, J.