-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2544 OF 2011 Panchuram Bechulal Jaiswal. ..Petitioner. Versus State of Maharashtra & Anr. ..Respondents. Ms. Anjali Patil for the Petitioner. Mr. A. S. Shitole, APP. Coram : RANJIT MORE, J. Date : November 30, 2011. P. C. : 1. Heard Ms. Patil, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Shitole, learned APP for the Respondent-State. 2. The petition pertains to the proceeding for externment under section 56 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951. By the order dated 3/3/2011, the Dy. Commissioner of Police, Mumbai externed the Petitioner for two years from the territorial jurisdiction of Commissioner of Mumbai. This order is confirmed by the appellate authority, which is impugned in the present petition. 3. The externment order is passed by the competent authority after issuance of notice and grant of opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. The competent authority took into srp -: 2 :- consideration the fact that petitioner was involved in 7 cognizable offences and 11 non cognizable offences during the period 2008 to 2010. The in-camera statements of witnesses are relied upon, the notice of which was given to the petitioner. Perusal of the in-camera statements as well as C.Rs. registered against the petitioner shows that he was engaged in the commission of the offences punishable under Chapter 12, 16 and 17 of IPC. Because of the terror created by the petitioner, witnesses are not coming forward to depose in public. The competent authority, in my view, was justified in taking action against the petitioner under section 56 of the Bombay Police Act. After perusal of the material against the Petitioner, I am not inclined to interfere with the impugned order under Article 227 of the Constitution of India. Writ Petition is therefore dismissed. (RANJIT MORE, J.)