IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINALL CRIMINALL CRIMINALL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION NO. 2426 OF 2007 PETITION NO. 2426 OF 2007 PETITION NO. 2426 OF 2007 Ramesh Laxman Patil ... ... Petitioner Vs. Sr. Inspector of Police ... ... Respondents & Ors. Mr. D.C. Mishra for the Petitioner Mr. A.R. Patil, APP for State CORAM CORAM CORAM : BILAL NAZKI & S.A. BOBDE, JJ. : BILAL NAZKI & S.A. BOBDE, JJ. : BILAL NAZKI & S.A. BOBDE, JJ. DATE DATE DATE : 25TH JANUARY, 2008 : 25TH JANUARY, 2008 : 25TH JANUARY, 2008 P.C. P.C. P.C. : : :- 1) The Petitioner seeks a direction from this Court to provide personal protection to him, as he faces threats from the Police itself. From the counter affidavit which has been placed on record, it is revealed that the petitioner is involved in several cases and there are 13 cases which are pending in various Courts which is disputed by the Petitioner and learned Counsel for the Petitioner contended that in some of these cases the petitioner is acquitted. Earlier the Petitioner filed a Writ Petition which was disposed of directing the Police Commissioner to consider the request of the Petitioner and the Police Commissioner has passed an order on 18/1/2007. We are of the view that whether a 2 person should be provided personal protection or not is a matter which must be left to the concerned Police authorities, because the concerned Police authorities have the infrastructure to know about the threat perception to an individual or a group. We do not find from the Commissioner’s order that the Commissioner has taken into consideration as to whether there was a threat perception which would entitle a Petitioner to protection. 2) In this view of the matter, we dispose of this petition by directing the Police Commissioner to examine as to whether in his view there are threats to the life of the Petitioner and based on such information, he may pass the order with regard to providing personal protection to the Petitioner or not. ( BILAL NAZKI, J.) BILAL NAZKI, J.) BILAL NAZKI, J.) ( S.A. BOBDE, J.) S.A. BOBDE, J.) S.A. BOBDE, J.)