IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2345 OF 2007 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2345 OF 2007 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2345 OF 2007 Purushottam Yeshwant Salvi....Petitioner versus Sr. Inspector of Police & ors....... Respondents. Mr. S.S.Marwadi for the petitioner. Mrs. A.S.Pai APP for State. CORAM; BILAL NAZKI and CORAM; BILAL NAZKI and CORAM; BILAL NAZKI and A.P. DESHPANDE, JJ. A.P. DESHPANDE, JJ. A.P. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED; 01ST APRIL, 2008 DATED; 01ST APRIL, 2008 DATED; 01ST APRIL, 2008 P.C.; P.C.; P.C.; 1. The petitioner is aggreived that on his report a case has not been registered by the police and investigation has not been taken up. Therefore he seeks a direction from this court that the case be registered. We have been shown judgments of the Supreme Court reported in 2008 AIR SCW 309 and also (2007) 3 SCC (Cri). In 2008 judgment in para 27 the Supreme Court held thus: " As we have already observed above, the Magistrate has very wide powers to direct registration of an FIR and to ensure a proper investigation, and for this purpose he can monitor the investigation to ensure that the investigation is done properly (though he cannot investigate himself). The High Court should discourage the practice of filing a writ petition or petition under section 482 Cr.P.C. simply because a person has a grievance that his FIR has not been registered by the police, or after being registered, proper investigation has not been done by the police. For this grievance, the remedy lies under sections 36 and 154(3) before the concerned police officers, and if that is of no avail, under section 156(3) Cr.P.C,. before the Magistrate or by filing a criminal complaint under section 200 Cr.P.C. and not by filing a writ petition or a petition under section 482 Cr.P.C." 2. Following this judgment, we dispose of this petition with liberty to the petitioner to take remedy which may be available to him in law, in accordance with the mandate of the judgment of the Supreme Court. The petitioner at this stage submitted that if he approaches the Magistrate, Magistrate may send the complaint for investigation to the same police officer with whom he has no faith. This matter can be put forth before the Magistrate and if any such request is made, the Magistrate may pass appropriate orders. Writ Petition is, accordingly, dismissed. (BILAL NAZKI J.) (BILAL NAZKI J.) (BILAL NAZKI J.) (A.P.DESHPANDE J.) (A.P.DESHPANDE J.) (A.P.DESHPANDE J.)