1 WP 2814.10.sxw JPP IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE SIDE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2814 OF 2010 Gulam @ Gulabkhan Nawabkhan Pathan. ... Petitioner. V/s. The State of Maharashtra. ... Respondent. Mr. S.D. Patil for the Petitioner. Mr. Rajesh More, APP for the State. CORAM : K.U. CHANDIWAL, J. DATED : 18th AUGUST 2011. P.C. :- Heard. 2. Rule made returnable forthwith. 3. The Petitioner questions the order of externment confirmed even in the Appeal by Chief Secretary dated 7th May 2010. 4. The learned Counsel for the Petitioner canvassed there were total nine cases against the accused – applicant. He has been convicted in one case Crime No.254 of 2006 dated 6.2.2008 (Bhadrakali Police Station) and he has been acquitted of three cases. In Crime No.295 of 2004 he is arrayed as a purchaser of the stolen goods. The conviction referred above is question before the appellate forum and 2 WP 2814.10.sxw there operates suspension of sentence. The accused – Petitioner has not committed any offence after 2009 and the list also illustrate that the offences are restricted to Bhadrakali, Ambad and Gangapur Police Station in Nasik District. 5. The learned Counsel points that the externment directs the Petitioner to be removed from the area of Commissionarate Nasik, Nasik Rural area, Ahmednagar and Thane Rural for the period of two years. 6. There is no explanation from the State as to what made the authorities to extend the externment beyond the jurisdiction of the 4/5 Police Stations referred hereinabove or to the extent of Nasik City but the externment for other areas is certainly excessive. It has curtailed the rights enshrined to the Petitioner under the statutory arrangement. Consequently, the order requires interference. It is quashed and set aside. Rule made absolute accordingly. (K.U. CHANDIWAL,J.)