mst IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2700 OF 2008 Feroze Rehman Petitioner versus Shahnaz Feroze Rehman Respondent Siddhartha Shah for petitioner. S.S.Pednekar, APP for the State. CORAM : A.S.OKA, J. DATE : 06th April 2009 PC : 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission to withdraw this writ petition with liberty to file an appeal under section 29 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. He prays that all contentions raised in this petition may be expressly kept open. 2. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to prefer the statutory appeal. It is made clear that all contentions raised in this petition are expressly kept open. If statutory appeal is filed, the Appellate Court is bound to consider the fact that present writ petition was filed in this Court on 17th December 2008 and the same remained pending in this Court till today. (A.S.OKA, J.)