1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2383 OF 2007 Ramakant Sahadev Dhamnaskar ...Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Respondents. Mr. Rakesh Bhatkar for the petitioner Mrs. P.H. Kantharia, Additional Public Prosecutor, for the Respondents. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and S.A. BOBDE, JJ. DATE: JANUARY 21, 2008. P.C.:- There was an allegation, and a report has been filed by the petitioner, seeking investigation in the death of his son. Counter-affidavit has been filed in which it is stated that the deceased had fallen from a building accidentally, and then died. In the counter-affidavit filed by Police Sub-Inspector, Ratnagiri City police Station, District Ratnagiri, it is submitted that he investigated the case, recorded statements of 16 witnesses, 2 including the father of the deceased. The father of the deceased had told in his statement that the police constable had chased his son; and while running, he fell from the top of the building and died. 2. In this view of the matter, we find that since the father of the deceased had raised an allegation against one of the policemen, therefore, the case should have been investigated by an officer of senior rank. Therefore, we direct that the Deputy Superintendent of Police or some other officer of the equivalent rank of the concerned area shall re-investigate the matter, and find out whether the deceased had died as a result of an accident, or he had died because of the chasing by the said police constable. 3. The petition is, accordingly, disposed of. BILAL NAZKI, J. 3 S.A. BOBDE, J.