- 1 - rng IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.472 OF 2010 Mrs Poonam P.Shukla ... Petitioner vs State of Maharashtra & anr ... Respondents Mr.P.D.Desai for Petitioner Mr.H.J.Dedhia A.P.P. for Respondent-State PSI Damane ((I.O) Mira Road police Station present ... CORAM: SMT.RANJANA DESAI SMT.MRIDULA BHATKAR,JJ DATED: 22nd February 2010 P.C. 1. The petitioner has a serious grievance about the investigating agency i.e.Mira Road police station. According to the petitioner, C.R.No.I-28 of 2010 under sections 448, 427 read with section 34 IPC was registered against Catherine Lawrence Mathew, Smt.Crystena Fernandes, Arvind Shivprasad Singh and Lawrence Anthony Pereira. According to the petitioner the police ought to have added sections 454,456 of IPC. Learned A.P.P.informs us that police have added sections 451, 454 and 457 of the IPC on 20th February, 2010. The police have also recorded statement of Shaguftabanu on 16th February, 2010. Learned A.P.P. informs us that - 2 - police will now proceed to obtain an order for sealing of the premises under section 145 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The police have already applied to the Tahsildar on 19th February, 2010. Without expressing any opinion on the conduct of the investigating agency, considering the fact that important steps in investigation have been taken only after the petitioner filed the petition, we feel that further investigation should be supervised by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mira Road Division, Mumbai. We expect the police to carry out further investigation impartially and in accordance with law. We have not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case. We have not considered as to which sections of the I.P.C. are attracted to this case. The investigating agency is expected to deal with the case independently. Petition is disposed of in aforesaid terms. SMT RANJANA DESAI, J SMT MRIDULA BHATKAR, J - 3 -