1` IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Criminal Writ Petition No. 271/2011 Shri Vasant Marotrao Dhobe vs. The State of Maharashtra, through its Secretary, Department of Home, Mantralaya, Mumbai 32 and others. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's or directions and Registrar's orders. Orders. Mr. Vishal Anand, Adv. For petitioner. Mr. T.A.Mirza, APP for respondents 1 to 4. CORAM : MRS. V.K.TAHILRAMANI & M.L.TAHALIYANI, JJ DATE : 5.7.2011 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the respondents 1 to 4. The petitioner is seeking directions to the Police to register F.I.R. in relation to the complaints dated 4th February, 2011, 29th January, 2009 and 18th March, 2010. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, all the cases are under section 420 of Cr.P.C.. The Supreme Court, in the recent decision in the case of Aleque Padamsee and others .vs. Union of India and others, reported in (2007) 6 SCC 171, has held that if information is given to the police regarding commission of cognizable offence and no action is taken 2` by the police, then proper remedy is to file a complaint before the concerned Magistrate. The Hon'ble Supreme Court has specifically observed that in such a case a writ petition is not to be entertained as there is an efficacious remedy available of filing a complaint before the Magistrate. The Supreme Court disposed of the writ petition with the following direction: “If any person is aggrieved by the inaction of the police officials in registering the FIR, the modalities contained in Section 190 read with Section 200 of the Code are to be adopted and observed.” In view of the above decision, it would be open to the petitioner to adopt the aforesaid remedy. The petition is rejected. JUDGE JUDGE patle 3`