IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.381 OF 1997 Don @ Jamil Ahmed Zuber Khan ...Petitioner Versus Inspector of Police & Ors. ...Respondents ...... Mr.S.V.Marwadi for Petitioner. Mr.K.V.Saste, A.P.P. for Respondents. ....... CORAM: A.M.KHANWILKAR, J. CORAM: A.M.KHANWILKAR, J. CORAM: A.M.KHANWILKAR, J. MARCH 22, 2005. MARCH 22, 2005. MARCH 22, 2005. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. This Petition takes exception to the chapter case proceedings initiated as back as in 1997. By efflux of time, the reason, for which those proceedings were initiated, must have come to an end. 2. Accordingly, this Petition is allowed in terms of prayer clause (b), keeping all the : 2 : questions open, including liberty to the police authorities to initiate appropriate proceedings against the Petitioner, if an occasion so arises. A.M.KHANWILKAR, J.