1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2866 OF 2009 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders. Mr. J.G.Bhanushali, for the petitioner. Mrs. M.M.Deshmukh,, APP, for the respondent-State. CORAM: D.B.BHOSALE AND A.R.JOSHI, JJ. DATE : 16/04/2010 PC: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. By this writ petition, the petitioner is seeking transfer of investigation in C.R.No.354 of 2009 registered at Shivaji Nagar Police Station, Govandi, Mumbai, to some independent agency. This court is informed that the police have already filed chargesheet against five accused on 16.1.2010 and they are carrying out further investigation under section 173(8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. T 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that while investigating the offence, certain irregularities were committed by the Investigating Officer. He further submitted that statements of two more eye-witnesses, namely, Salim Qureshi and Mohd Malik were not recorded by the Investigating Officer. In reply to this, learned APP submits that as a matter of fact the petitioner was called by the Investigating Officer for giving information regarding the offence but there was no response from the petitioner. She submits that even now the I.O is prepared to collect information from the petitioner and also prepared to record statements of Salim Qureshi and Mohd Malik. In response to this submission, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is prepare to cooperate with the investigation and she will meet the I.O next week. He submits that further investigation under section 173(8) be 3 directed to carry out under the supervision of DCP Zone VI Chembur. Learned APP has no objection for issuing such directions. In the circumstances, we direct the DCP Zone VI Chembur to monitor and supervise the further investigation being carried out by the I.O in C.R.No.354 of 2009. We hope and trust that the I.O will record further statement of the petitioner so also statements of Salim Qureshi and Mod Malik as a part of the further investigation. With these directions, the writ petition is disposed of. (A.R.JOSHI, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) 4