IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2148 OF 2005 WRIT PETITION NO. 2148 OF 2005 WRIT PETITION NO. 2148 OF 2005 Nitin Tukaram Gawankar .. Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra and others .. Respondent Mr.J.K. Hegde for the petitioner. Mr. D.R. More, A.P.P., for respondents. CORAM: SMT. RANJANA DESAI & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATED: 4TH OCTOBER, 2005 P.C. : 1. Mr. More, the learned A.P.P., on instruction from Mr. More, Police Inspector of Borivali Police Station states that at present no offence is registered against the petitioner at Borivali Police station. 2. Mr. More, on instructions from P.I. Sankhe, Crime Branch Unit XII,states that there is no offence registered against the petitioner at that Crime Branch Unit XII. 3. Mr. More, further on instructions from P.S.I. Shinde of Dahisar Police station states that no offence : 2 : is registered at Dahisar Police Station. In view of this there is no question of considering the prayer (a) of the petition. So far as prayer (b) is concerned, the petitioner can make an application to the Sr. Inspector of Police of Dahisar Police Station for protection and if such application is made, the Sr. Inspector of that police station is to consider it in accordance with the law. The petition is disposed of . [SMT. [SMT. [SMT. RANJANA P. DESAI, J.] RANJANA P. DESAI, J.] RANJANA P. DESAI, J.] [ANOOP [ANOOP [ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.] V. MOHTA, J.] V. MOHTA, J.]