IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.BASANT WEDNESDAY, THE 16TH JULY 2008 / 25TH ASHADHA 1930 WP(C).No. 21368 of 2008(R) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- ANNAMMA ALEX, AGED 45 YEARS, W/O ALEX MATHEW, CHEMPATHIL VEEDU, MONIPPALLY KARA, MONIPPALLY VILLAGE, MEENACHIL TALUK, KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.K.R.MICHAEL, ADV. SRI.FRANCIS JOSEPH KURISINKAL. RESPONDENTS: ----------------------- 1. THE CI OF POLICE, PIRAVOM, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. 2. THE SI OF POLICE, KOOTHATTUKULAM, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. 3. DYSP, MUVATTUPUZHA, 4. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE (RURAL), ERNAKULAM, ALUVA. BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI. GIKKU JACOB. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/07/2008,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: R.BASANT, J ------------------------------------ W.P(C). No.21368 of 2008 ------------------------------------- Dated this the 16th day of July, 2008 JUDGMENT Petitioner, a woman, has come to this Court with a grievance that no crime has been registered on the basis of a complaint made by her before various authorities/respondents. 2. After the decision in Sakiri Vasu v. State of U.P [2008 AIR SCW 309], it is trite that a person with a grievance like the one raised by the petitioner in this petition before me cannot be permitted to come directly to this Court to invoke the powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India or under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Such person with such a grievance must, it is held in Sakiri Vasu v. State of U.P, approach the learned Magistrate under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C and exhaust the equally efficacious alternative remedy which he is said to have under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. In the light of the unambiguous statement of law, it is for the petitioner now to approach the learned Magistrate and the petitioner's conduct of coming directly to this Court without and before exhausting the efficacious alternative remedy cannot be countenanced. W.P(C). No.21368 of 2008 2 3. This Writ Petition is, in these circumstances, dismissed, but with the observation that if the petitioner approaches the learned Magistrate with such grievance, the learned Magistrate must consider the same and pass appropriate orders in the light of the decision in Sakiri Vasu v. State of U.P. (R.BASANT, JUDGE) rtr/-