1wp-1565-10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION No. 1565 of 2010 Bhaskar Manju Puthran .. Petitioner. Versus Shri Prashant Gawde & others .. Respondents. Mr M. V. Holmagi, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr D.P. Adsule, A.P.P.for the State. CORAM : A.M. KHANWILKAR & A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 10TH JANUARY,2011. P.C.:- 1. This petition is filed for quashing of the criminal action instituted in the Court of Bangalore. There is no difficulty in accepting the broad submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner that it is open to this Court to entertain the writ petition, even to quash the proceeding instituted in the Court at Bangalore. However, exercise of such power is circumscribed. This Court had occasion to examine that aspect elaborately in the decision in the case of Trade-Wings Ltd and ors Vs. State of Maharashtra in Criminal Writ Petition No.2456 of 2008 L 2wp-1565-10 decided on 20th September, 2010. Unless the petitioner is in a position to point out and has averred in the petition that the cheque, in respect of which the prosecution has been launched for offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, was in fact, payable within the jurisdiction of this Court, the fact that the office of the petitioner is at Mumbai and that loan was disbursed in the Bank in Mumbai and all payments were made in Mumbai, do not take the matter any further. 2. The argument of the petitioner that in spite of absence of specific averment in the petition, the Court is bound to entertain the writ petition does not commend to us. Petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to pursue remedy before the Court of Competent Jurisdiction. We express no opinion on the merits of the contention raised by the petitioner about the criminal case instituted against the petitioner. Order accordingly. 3. At this stage, Mr Holmagi submits that instead of dismissing the writ petition, this Court should transfer the petition to the High Court at Bangalore. We are afraid, this Court does not have such a power. Hence, that request is rejected. (A.R. JOSHI, J) ( A.M. KHANWILKAR,J) L 3wp-1565-10 L