1 CRPIL.26-2010 acd IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 26 OF 2010 Rupesh Ramesh Ravidhone ...Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents. ---- Mr. Satish Mishra, for the Petitioner. Mr.P.A. Pol, PP along with Mr. Y.S. Shinde, APP for the State. ---- CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & U. D. SALVI, JJ. FEBRUARY 04, 2011. P.C.: We have heard Mr. Mishra, the learned counsel for the Petitioner, and Mr. Pol, the learned P.P. for the State of Maharashtra. 2 The Petitioner claims to be the editor of the weekly newspaper by name “Keshri Samachar”, and he is also a social worker. On 6.10.2010, he addressed letters to the Director General of Police of State of Maharashtra as well as the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, pointing out that at Amardeep Guest House situate near Khar Railway Station along Gurugovind Singh Marg, Khar (W), Mumbai, the person named Chhadda 2 CRPIL.26-2010 was carrying on flesh trade /prostitution activity and some minor girls were involved in these activities. He requested for appropriate action against the guest house and its proprietor. It is the Petitioner’s case that before these letters on 16.9.2010 he had already approached the Dy. Commissioner of Police of the concerned area, as well as the Senior Inspector of Khar Police Station to register the crime and investigate the same. As there was no action taken on his complaint, he filed this Petition in public interest. 3 Pursuant to the orders passed by this court, the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai has filed an affidavit-in-reply and has stated, inter alia, that on 2.10.2010, the Petitioner had called up Khar Police Station on its landline number 022-26494977 at 21.12. hours from his mobile phone complaining about the prostitution at Amardeep Guest House. Accordingly, API Baviskar and his staff visited Amardeep Guest House and had throughly checked the said premises but no minor girl or the prostitution was found, and this fact has been recorded in the station diary. Pursuant to his complaint dated 6.10.2010, the premises of Amardeep Guest House were throughly checked on 6.10.2010 and 7.10.2010 by the Khar Police Station. The Police officials have already made diary entries in respect of the said checks at Amardeep Guest House and during these searches, no minor girl was ever found or any prostitution activity was noticed. It is also 3 CRPIL.26-2010 pointed out that despite an intimation given to the Petitioner, he remained absent during these searches carried out on 6.10.2010 and 7.10.2010. 4 The affidavit further points out that has of now the licence of the Amardeep Guest House has been cancelled as per the Order dated 17.1.2011. It has also been pointed out that even in the past the licence granted to the said Guest House was either suspended or cancelled and in the Revision Proceedings, the Proprietor of the said Guest House had succeeded . 5 In our opinion, the Police Officials have taken adequate steps on the complaint filed by the Petitioner, and we do not find any case made to give further direction as prayed in this Petition, and more so when no substance was found in the complaint. 6 Hence, this Petition is rejected summarily. (U. D. SALVI,J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE,J.)