IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.BHAVADASAN MONDAY, THE 14TH SEPTEMBER 2009 / 23RD BHADRA 1931 WP(C).No. 24806 of 2009(Q) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------------- ABDUL SATHAR, S/O.MOHAMMAD, AGED 30 YEARS, RESIDING AT PUZHAKKALA HOUSE, VAZHAKKALA, THRIKKAKARA P.O., KOCHI-21. BY ADV. SRI.ASOK M.CHERIAN & SRI.T.R.RENJITH RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------ 1. T.K.BABU, S/O.KUNCHAN, THANDASSERY COLONY, NETTOOR, ERNAKULAM. 2. FAZIL T.S., S/O.SEYFU, THEKKEVEETTIPARAMBU, NETTOOR, NOW RESIDING AT MAZHUVANCHERIPARAMB, RAJEEV NAGAR, KAKKANAD, KOCHI-21. 3. THE ASST.COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, THRIKKAKARA. 4. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, THEVARA, ERNAKULAM. 5. THE S.I.OF POLICE, PANANGAD POLICE STATION, PANANGAD. 6. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, SECRETARIAT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. R3 TO R6 BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI. T.K. VIPIN DAS. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 14/09/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K. BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & P. BHAVADASAN, JJ. ------------------------------ W.P(C).No.24806 of 2009 Q ------------------------------ Dated this, the 14th day of September, 2009 JUDGMENT Balakrishnan Nair, J. In view of the decision of the Apex Court in Sakiri Vasu v. State of U.P. and others (2008) 2 SCC 409, this Writ Petition is not maintainable. If the police did not register a crime even after lodging an information disclosing a cognizable offence, the remedy of the petitioner is to approach the Judicial Magistrate concerned. With this observation, the Writ Petition is dismissed, without prejudice to the contentions of the petitioner. Sd/- K. Balakrishnan Nair, Judge. Sd/- P. Bhavadasan, Judge. DK. (True copy)