AJN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.48 OF 2007 Anil Shankarrao Sardesai ... Petitioner Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Respondents Mr. S.S. Redekar for the petitioner. Mr. M.S. Mhambre, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : SMT. RANJANA DESAI & D. B. BHOSALE, JJ. DATED : 2ND APRIL, 2007. P.C.:- 1. The case of the petitioner is that in the accident in question, a jeep was involved. According to the petitioner, the jeep is owned by a Sugar Factory and the persons who were inside the jeep are politically connected and, therefore, the police are not investigating that aspect of the matter. The affidavits of the alleged eye-witnesses are filed in the court. They are annexed to the petition as Exhibit-D (Colly.). 2. We have also heard Mr. Mhambre, the learned A.P.P. for the State. He took us to the affidavit of Mr. A.K. Deudakar, PSI attached to Laxmipuri Police Station, Kolhapur (City), Dist. Kolhapur. The learned A.P.P. states that the AJN investigation is complete and the charge sheet is filed. 3. In the peculiar facts of this case, the statements of seven persons, whose affidavits are filed in this court, need to be recorded. Hence, we direct the concerned police officer, Laxmipuri Police Station, Kolhapur (City) to record the statements of the alleged seven eye-witnesses and forward them to the learned Magistrate along with the supplementary charge-sheet after obtaining appropriate order from the learned Magistrate under section 173-8 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The petition is disposed of. [SMT. RANJANA DESAI, J.] [D. B. BHOSALE, J.]