1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.698 OF 2010 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders. Mr. R.C.Kaushik, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Y.M.Nakhawa, APP, for respondent no.1. Mr A.P.Mundargi, Senior Counsel, with Mr V.B.Naik with Ms Anuja Jhunjhunwala i/b Naik & Naik & Co, for respondent n.8. Mr D.A. Nalawade for UOI-Respondent no.5. CORAM: D.B.BHOSALE AND A.R.JOSHI, JJ. DATE : 25/03/2010 PC: Heard learned counsel for the parties. We have perused the the writ petition. In our opinion, the prayers as made in the writ petition cannot be granted in writ jurisdiction of this court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Moreover, the petitioner has no locus to T 2 to make any such prayer. This Court is informed that the persons aggrieved have already exhausted the remedies available in law and the proceedings initiated by them are pending before the appropriate authorities. In the circumstances, the writ petition is dismissed, Dismissal of this petition, however, shall not preclude the petitioner from approaching the Commissioner of Police for seeking police protection, if he so deserves. (A.R.JOSHI, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) 3