1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 90 OF 2007 Janhit Manch & Ors. .... Petitioner. vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .... Respondents. Mr. Sandeep Jalan Petitioner in person. Mr. P.M. Patil, AGP., for Respondent NoS.1 & 2. CORAM : J.N. PATEL, & S.J. KATHAWALLA, JJ. DATE : 19th NOVEMBER, 2008. 2 P.C. . This petition is filed by the petitioners on the basis of a newspaper report appearing in Indian Express dated 6th June, 2007 alleging that a Shiv Sena corporator i.e. Respondent No. 9 along with other local residents of Kisan Nagar in Thane District threatened and intimidated some bar girls of that locality to leave their legally occupied houses. The News report also stated that the Police did not come to the rescue of those bar girls nor apprehended those who intimidated and threatened the bar girls. It is alleged that the Police insisted that unless the bar girls who were so threatened file a F.I.R., the Police cannot intervene on their own. 2. On 24th September, 2008, the learned P.P., had stated before us that he will instruct the D.C.P., of the Division to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the grievances highlighted in the petition and if it is found during the course of the inquiry that cognizable offences have been committed by the persons known/unknown, he will get the offence registered at the concerned police station and start 3 investigation. 3. Today, the learned P.P.. has tendered before us the inquiry report dated 17th November , 2008. The inquiry is conducted by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone – 5, Thane. We have gone through the contents of the inquiry report and we are satisfied that the newspaper report does not seem to be giving the correct picture of the facts pertaining to the bar girls from Kisan Nagar area. We have also noted that except approaching this Court with the newspaper report , the petitioner organisation has not produced before us any material in the form of affidavit or otherwise from any bar girl or any resident of the area confirming the veracity / truthfulness of the said newspaper report. No journalist has also come forward to support the contents of the said newspaper report. In fact the representative of the petitioner appearing before us admits that except for bringing the newspaper report to the attention of this Court, they have not made any inquiries pertaining to 4 the said incident which has allegedly taken place as per the newspaper report. In view thereof, the petition stands dismissed with a direction to the police authorities in-charge of Kisan Nagar area that they would not allow any individual or organisation to take law into their hands and / or disturb the law and order situation in that area. (J.N. PATEL, J.) (S.J. KATHAWALLA, J.)