1 wp.1705-2011 acd IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1705 OF 2011 M/s Life Line Global Ltd. ...Petitioner. Vs. State of Maharashtra . ...Respondent. ----- Mr. A.M. Saraogi, for the Petitioner. Mr. A.S.Gadkari, APP for the State. Mr. A.H.H. Ponda, for proposed Intervener. ---- CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & U.D. SALVI, JJ. JULY 18, 2011. P.C.: 1 We have heard Mr. Saraogi, the learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. Gadkari, the learned APP. 2 This Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India prays for transfer of the investigation into FIR no.369 of 2010 to some other agency or police station. 2 wp.1705-2011 3 As per Mr. Saraogi, the offence had taken place on 5.4.2008 and the Mulund Police station refused to register the FIR. The petitioner approached this court in Writ Petition no.1989 of 2010. The said Petition was disposed off on 1.9.2010 by noting down the statement made by Mr. Pandurang Patil, Police Inspector from Mulund Police station that the FIR would be registered. Consequently, CR no.369 of 2010 has been registered on 1.9.2010 for the offence punishable under Sections 452 and 380 read with Section 34 of the IPC. 4 Mr. Gadkari, the learned APP states that by now the Investigating Officer has recorded the statement of four witnesses, and though the CR has been registered on 1.9.2010, the statement of the first witness was recorded on 20.6.2011 i.e. after this Petition was filed. 5 By that as it may, we direct that the ongoing investigation in FIR no. 369 of 2010 be completed as expeditiously as possible, and in any case before 31st August, 2011, and the final report be submitted to the concerned court. 6. The prayer for transfer of the investigation to some other agency or police station is declined. 3 wp.1705-2011 7. The Petition is rejected save and except the above directions. (U.D. SALVI, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)