THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.31256 of 2011 ORDER: This Writ Petition is ﬁled to declare the action of respondent No.2, in not investigating into Crime.No.470 of 2011 dated 09.09.2011 registered for the oﬀence punishable under Section 354 IPC, as being illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner claims to have ﬁled a private complaint before the IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C.; and, based on the orders of the Magistrate, Crime No.470 of 2011 is said to have been registered. Alleging that though a crime was registered, the matter was not investigated into by the second respondent, the petitioner has invoked the jurisdiction of this Court. It is evident that the Learned Magistrate is seized of the matter. As held by the Supreme Court, in Sakiri Vasu v. State of Uttar Pradesh and others[1], the petitioner has an eﬀective remedy under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), whereunder the Magistrate concerned has not only the power to order registration of the oﬀence, but also to direct the oﬃcer in-charge of the concerned police station to hold proper investigation as also to monitor the same. In view of the alternative remedy available to the petitioner, I consider it wholly inappropriate to exercise jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Leaving it open to the petitioner to approach the Magistrate under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. for the relief sought for herein, the Writ Petition is dismissed. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Date:28.11.2011 usd [1] (2008) 2 SCC 409