1 wp-1087-10.sxw dgm IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1087 OF 2010 Dr.Manisha Bhaqskar Joshi .... Petitioner vs The State of Maharashtra, at the instaqnce of Deccan Police Station & ors. .... Respondents None for the petitioner. Mrs.M.M. Deshmukh, APP for the State. CORAM: B.H. MARLAPALLE & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATE : 21st July, 2010 P.C.: 1 None appears for the petitioner. 2 The petitioner, who claims to be an ayurvedic doctor by profession and proprietor of “Ayurbrain”, prays for directions against the State of Maharashtra, through the Deccan Police Station at Pune to take cognizance of the illegal activities of respondents 2 and 3 in usurping, without due process of law, the petitioner’s personal and professional belongings and for a further relief of compensation of Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees five lacs) to be paid by the State. 3 Mrs. Deshmukh, the learned APP, on instructions from Smt. Anjani Khare, PSI from Deccan Police Station, Pune, states that the petitioner is an absconding accused in CR No.360/2005 registered with the said Police Station, for the offences punishable under Sections 406 and 420 read with Section 34 of IPC. 4 Along with this Petition, we do not find any copy of th complaint lodged by 2 wp-1087-10.sxw the petitioner in Deccan Gymkhana Police Station and if she alleges that respondents 2 and 3 have committed any cognizable offence , she is entitled to file a private criminal complaint before the competent Court at Pune and that is an efficacious remedy. In our opinion, no case has been made out by the petitioner to show indulgence by entertaining this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution. 5 Hence, the petition is rejected, with liberty to file a private complaint, if so advised. (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) ( B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)