1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE Criminal Writ Petition No.771 of 2008 Mr.Badri F. Taherbhoy (Poonawalla) & ors. ... ... Petitioners v/s. Mr.S.S. Sankhe & ors. ... ... Respondents Mr.S.R.Kotwal i/by Mr.S.V.Kotwal for petitioners. Mr.G.S.Godbole for respondent No.2. Mrs.P.H.Kantharia, APP. ----- CORAM : BILAL NAZKI & A.P. DESHPANDE, JJ. Dated : 15 th April 2008 P.C. : 1. An order passed on 19 th March 2008 by respondent No.1 purportedly under Section 149 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is under challenge. The learned Public Prosecutor takes notice and with consent, the matter is disposed of at this stage. 2. An Intervention Application has also been made on behalf of a person who made a complaint before the Police with respect to possession of certain property. We have gone 2 through the order passed by the concerned Police Officer under Section 149 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The Police Officer has no power to ask parties to maintain status quo till he conducts an inquiry. This order is clearly without authority of law and without jurisdiction and on this ground the order is set aside and the Writ Petition to that extent is allowed. However, we have not gone into any question relating to the controversy between the parties. (BILAL NAZKI, J. ) (A.P. DESHPANDE , J.)