AJN 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.840 OF 2009 Madurai Mariappa Devendra ... Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Respondents Mr. C.K. Pendse i/b Jyoti Chavan and Chaitanya Pendse for the petitioner. Mr. V.B. Konde-Deshmukh, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : SMT. RANJANA DESAI & R.G. KETKAR, JJ. DATED : 17TH APRIL, 2009. P.C.:- 1. The petitioner has challenged the Show Cause Notice dated 14/3/2008 issued by respondent 2 under Section 59 of the Bombay Police Act. The point which is raised in this petition is that the respondents cannot initiate proceedings of preventive nature when preventive proceedings initiated earlier are pending. AJN 2 2. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that if preventive action is already initiated, there is no reason why another preventive action viz. issuance of notice under Section 59 of the Bombay Police Act should be initiated against the petitioner. 3. Learned A.P.P. on instructions from PSI M.S. Benkar attached to Juhu Police Station, Bombay, has informed us that the police have dropped the proceedings initiated under Section 110 of the Criminal Procedure Code. 4. In view of this statement, the petition cannot be entertained and is dismissed. [SMT. RANJANA DESAI, J.] [R.G. KETKAR, J.]