1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2799 OF 2010 Narendra Kalyanji Parekh ...Applicant vs. State of Maharashtra & Anr. ...Respondents Mr.A.P. Mundargi, Sr.Counsel with Mr.Kunal Vajani i/b. M/s.Wadia Ghandy & Co. for the Applicant. Mr.A.S. Shitole, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : JUNE 16, 2010 P.C. :- 1 This is an application seeking protection to the applicant in order to enable him to approach the competent court in the State of Bihar and more particularly, in the city of Patna for the purpose of obtaining appropriate reliefs against the non- bailable warrant issued against him on orders passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, 2 Patna in a complaint Case No.543/2009. 2 It is submitted by the Counsel for the applicant that an enquiry was made with the Marine Drive Police Station which is trying to implement the said non-bailable warrant, as to whether prior to the issuance of non-bailable warrant, any summons or bailable warrant has been received by them. He submitted that the police authority have replied that no such summons or bailable warrant is received by them at any time. 3 Since the warrant has been issued on orders passed by the Magistrates in Patna, this court does not have jurisdiction to consider the application of the applicant on merits. However, limited protection can be given to the applicant in order to enable him to approach the competent court in Patna against the non-bailable warrant issued by the court. 4 Under these circumstances, therefore, a 3 limited protection is given to the applicant in terms of prayer clause (a) of the application. 5 Application is, accordingly, allowed in the aforesaid terms and disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.)