SSK/910 1 WP/2699.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2699 OF 2011 Shekhar @ Babu N. Rao ....Petitioner Versus Dy. Commissioner of Police & Ors. ...Respondents Mr. M. R. Jhakde, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. D. P. Adsule, APP for the State. CORAM : RANJIT MORE, J. DATED : 15th NOVEMBER, 2011. P.C.: Heard learned counsel for he petitioner and learned APP for the respondents. 2. By the present writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner challenges Order dated 17th December, 2010 passed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone IV, Ulhasnagar under Section 56(1)(a) and (b) of the Bombay Police Act, 1951 as confirmed by the Appellate Authority under which he has been externed for a period of two years from Thane, Greater Mumbai, Mumbai Suburbs and Raigad District. The externment order is passed after taking into consideration the statements of the witnesses recorded in camera and after granting an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. I have gone through the order SSK/910 2 WP/2699.11 which categorically records subjective satisfaction that the acts and movements of the petitioner are causing alarm, danger or harm to persons adjacent to persons residing in Ambernath City and their property. Finding is also recorded that the witnesses are not coming forward to depose against the petitioner in view of the terror created by him. The petitioner is charged in two cases under Section 399 of the Indian Penal Code. Those cases are pending. Taking totality of the facts and circumstances into consideration, I find that the petitioner is rightly externed. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner, at this stage, submits that the externment order may be restricted to Thane District. I am not inclined to accept this submission as Thane, Greater Mumbai, Mumbai Suburbs are adjacent districts. These districts are interconnected and easy transport facilities are also available. 4. In the facts and circumstances mentioned above, I find no substance in the writ petition and same is, accordingly, dismissed. (RANJIT MORE, J.)