{1} Cri.W.P.No.534/2011 drp IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 534 OF 2011 Jyoti Wd/o Raju Gaikwad PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS ....... Mr.Sk Ashpak Taher Patel for petitioner Mr.S.K.Tambe, APP for respondents State ....... [CORAM : P.V.HARDAS, AND A.V.POTDAR, J.J.] DATE : 1 st AUGUST 2011 PER COURT: 1. This is a petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, by which the petitioner seeks issuance of a writ to the Investigating Officer for effecting arrest of the 4th accused in Crime No.I-128/2011 registered by the City Chowk Police Station, Aurangabad. The petitioner also prays for issuance of a writ directing respondent No.3 to enquire into the representations of the petitioner dated 04.06.2011 and 04.07.2011. The aforesaid representations are the pleas made by the petitioner to the authorities for effecting the arrest of 4th accused. {2} Cri.W.P.No.534/2011 2. On notice of this petition being issued to the respondents, the respondents have filed their affidavit in reply and in the affidavit in reply it is stated that original accused No.4 is absconding and his whereabouts are presently non known. At paragraph No.9 of the affidavit in reply, the dates on which the investigating officer made efforts for tracing the accused are stated. Learned APP states that the Investigating Officer would take all steps, as are available in law, for tracing and arresting the accused, expeditiously. We accept the aforesaid statement. In the light of aforesaid statement, nothing further survives for consideration in this petition. 3. Accordingly, this petition is dismissed accepting the statement made by learned APP. [A.V.POTDAR, J.] [P.V.HARDAS, J.] drp/B11/cwp534-11