1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2221 OF 2008 Mansoor Abbas Lokhandwala. ... Petitioner. Versus The Senior Inspector of Police, Colaba Police Station, Mumbai & Ors.. .... Respondents. -: ALONG WITH :- CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 264 OF 2009 Minhaz M. Lokhandwala. ... Petitioner. Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors.. .... Respondents. Mr. A. P. Mundargi with Mr. Subodh Desai for the Petitioner in W.P. 2221 of 2008. Mr. A. Majeed Memon for the Petitioner in W.P. 264 of 2009. CORAM : BILAL NAZKI and A. R. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 3RD MARCH, 2009. P.C.: These two petitions are being disposed of by common order. 2. One petition is filed by one of the accused person seeking quashing of FIR. Another petition has been filed by the complainant seeking direction for completion of the investigation. 2 3. It appears that the FIR came to be registered on 23rd June, 2007 on the orders of the learned Magistrate under Section 156(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code. Even after the 21 months the investigation is not completed. 4. The case of the accused is that the property which is the subject matter of the dispute between the father and son had in fact been in the ownership of the son which was even acknowledged in the High Court and the High Court has already passed an order. Obviously, in this proceedings we cannot take this material into consideration. However, the Investigating Agency will have to take into consideration all the materials that is necessary to reach to the conclusion. No explanation has come forth from the police as to why investigation has not been completed though the 21 months have passed. 5. Learned Counsel for the petitioner in Writ Petition No. 264 of 2009 submits that the petitioner is doing a job in Singapore. He was arrested in December, 2008 and then he was bailed out but a condition was imposed that every Monday he should attend before the Investigation Officer. Because of this order, he is not able to rejoin his duty at Singapore. He was co-operating with the investigation but the investigation is not being completed and in fact no efforts are being made to investigate. Learned 3 Counsel for the petitioner in both the petitions submit that investigations are not being completed and no steps are being taken to complete the investigation. 6. In view of the above, we direct that the investigation shall be completed within a period of four weeks from today. In the meantime, the petitioner in Writ Petition No. 264 of 2009 shall appear before the Investigating Agency on 4th March, 2009 at 10.00 a.m. and whatever inquiries need to be made shall be made by 4th March, 2009 and shall be released so that he could rejoin his job at Singapore. The petitioner in Writ Petition No. 264 of 2009 shall give an undertaking that he shall make himself available as and when called and if any charge sheet is filed against him. He shall be informed about the charge sheet being filed one week in advance. The petitioner in Writ Petition No. 264 of 2009 shall also give his telephone number and address at Singapore so that he can be contacted, if necessary. 7. With the above directions, both the writ petitions are disposed of. Sd/- (BILAL NAZKI, J.) Sd/- (A. R. JOSHI, J.)