-(1)- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.218 OF 2003 Bapu Dattu Pawar. ..Applicant. Versus The State of Maharashtra. ..Respondent. .. Ms.Sharmila Kaushik, Adv. for the Applicant. Mrs.A.S.Pai, APP, for the State. .. CORAM : R.M.S.KHANDEPARKAR AND CORAM : R.M.S.KHANDEPARKAR AND CORAM : R.M.S.KHANDEPARKAR AND SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ. SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ. SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ. DATED : SEPTEMBER 28, 2007. DATED : SEPTEMBER 28, 2007. DATED : SEPTEMBER 28, 2007. P.C.:- P.C.:- P.C.:- 1. Heard. 2. The grievance of the applicant is that his brother who was in custody, on being admitted in C.P.R. Hospital, Kolhapur on account of illness, was not given proper treatment and there was negligence on the part of the medical authorities of the said hospital in giving proper treatment to his brother. On that account, the applicant is seeking direction for payment of compensation by the concerned authorities. -(2)- 3. The applicant has an alternative efficacious remedy available by way of approaching the consumer form in this regard. With the said liberty, the Application is hereby rejected. 4. The jail authorities shall inform the applicant about alternative efficacious remedy available for him. [R.M.S.KHANDEPARKAR,J.] [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.]