1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2900 OF 2009 Prabhakar Gopal Shrotri .. Petitioner. V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents. --- Mr. Satyavrat Joshi for the Petitioner. Dr. F. R. Shaikh, APP for the Respondent-State. --- CORAM : J. N. PATEL AND A. A. SAYED, JJ. DATED : 20TH NOVEMBER, 2009 P.C. : 1. The above writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for direction to respondent no.1 to carry out further investigations into the offence within a time bound period under section 173 (8) of the Cr.P.C., 1973. In a recent decision rendered by the Supreme Court in the case of Reeta Nag vs. State of West Bengal, reported in (2009) 9 S.C.C. 129, the Hon’ble Supreme Court has held that this is not permissible. The petitioner, therefore, seeks to withdraw the petition with liberty to prosecute the remedies that may be available to him in law. 2 2. Permitted to withdraw with liberty. Dismissed as withdrawn. (J.N. Patel,J.) (A.A. Sayed,J.)