THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.11307 OF 2010 DATED 21ST JULY, 2010 BETWEEN Qazi Khaja Anwarullah … Petitioner And The Director General of Police, Police Head Quarters, Hyderabad. And Others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.11307 OF 2010 ORDER: The complaint of the petitioner is with regard to the alleged improper investigation by the Police in Crime No.83 of 2010 of Bodhan Police Station, Nizamabad District. It is the case of the petitioner that his sister was forcibly taken away and thereafter done to death. Upon his complaint, the Police registered Crime No.83 of 2010 on the file of the Bodhan Police Station, Nizamabad District. The grievance presently is that the Police Authorities are not investigating the crime properly. Lapses in investigation by the Police Authorities, ordinarily, would not be amenable to judicial review by this Court in a writ petition in the first instance. As pointed out by the Supreme Court in SAKIRI VASU v. STATE OF U.P.[1] the proper course in such circumstances is for the complainant to go before the Magistrate concerned under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The Magistrate concerned is empowered to monitor the investigation and see that proper investigation is obtained. Without availing this efficacious remedy, in the given circumstances it is not open to the petitioner to approach this Court directly. The Writ Petition is dismissed leaving it open to the petitioner to avail the appropriate remedy under the Code of Criminal Procedure. No costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J. 21ST JULY, 2010 Note:Issue C.C. in two days. B/O VGSR/PGS [1] (2008) 2 SCC 409