1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2192 OF 2008 Kushalraj Land Developers Pvt. Ltd. ...Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent. Mr. Niteen Gangal with Mr. Harshad M. Deshpande for the Petitioner Mr. A.S. Gadkari, Additional Public Prosecutor, for the State. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATE: FEBRUARY 27, 2009 P.C.:- The grievance of the petitioner-Company is that the property belonging to it has been sealed by the respondent. 2. Counter-affidavit has been filed by Sub Inspector of Police, in which it is stated that the property in question was being occupied by one Shri Kashinath Vinayak Teredesai, who died on 7th January, 2006. On getting information about his death, the police visited the site, but could not meet any relative. Since there was nobody claiming the property, for the purpose of security of the property and the belongings of the deceased, the premises were sealed. The petitioner claims that 2 the property is owned by it, and its Director had approached the police, but the property was not handed over to him. In the counter-affidavit it is stated that when he moved the application before the police, he was directed by the police to get an order from the court. 3. Since the property is being claimed by a person who claims to be owner, the police could itself have examined the documents and come to a conclusion whether the petitioner's ownership was established. 4. In this view of the mater, we dispose of the petition, directing the respondent-police to go through the documents that will be furnished by the petitioner, and make appropriate orders. This shall be done within two weeks. BILAL NAZKI, J. A.R. JOSHI, J.