1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.689 OF 2009 Abdul Rauf s/o Abdul Raheman .. Petitioner Versus State of Maharashtra and ors. .. Respondents Shri M.S.Choudhary, Advocate for petitioner Shri K.S.Patil, A.P.P. for respondent No.1 Shri B.W.Khan, Advocate for respondent No.2 CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND SHRIHARI P. DAVARE, JJ DATE : 6th January 2010 PER COURT : Learned Counsel for the petitioner seeks to withdraw this petition with liberty to apply to the competent authority, i.e. respondent No.3 for seeking sanction to prosecute the accused. We accordingly dismiss this petition as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty with no order as to costs. ( SHRIHARI P. DAVARE, J.) ( P.V. HARDAS, J.) (vvr/689.09criwp)