1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 943 OF 2010 Firoz Hasinuddin Ansari ...Petitioner Vs. The Secretary of Home Ministry, Mantralaya, Mumbai and Anr. ...Respondents. ----- Ms. Hira Gummala for Petitioner Mrs. P.P. Bhosale  APP for State ------ CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED: 12TH APRIL, 2010 P.C. 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Petitioner and the learned APP for the State. 2. The Petitioner is challenging the order dated 18th November, 2008 passed by the Externing Authority. 3. The learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Petitioner submits that in the show cause notice which was issued to the Petitioner, it is alleged that the Petitioner was involved in the offence punishable 1 under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. It is submitted that, in fact, the Petitioner has been acquitted by the Sessions Court. She invited my attention to the said order dated 13.12.2006. In spite of the said acquittal, this ground is still mentioned in the show cause notice. Secondly, it is submitted that the complaint was filed by the Complainant, who is also a criminal and several cases are pending against him. It is submitted that the Petitioner has already been externed for a period of 1 ½ years and only six months are remained. 4. The learned APP for the State submitted that the associate of the present Petitioner himself has filed the complaint against the present Complainant. 5. In my view, no case is made out by the present Petitioner for quashing the said order of externment merely because one of the grounds in the show cause notice is about the involvement of the Petitioner in a criminal case in which he has allegedly committed an offence under section 302. Apart from the said offence under section 302, there are other three offences which have been registered against the present Petitioner and even if the Petitioner has been acquitted in one of the cases, there is still sufficient material on record which has been 1 considered by the Externing Authority. Order of leave to file an Appeal is confirmed. The complaint filed by the associate of the Petitioner against the Complainant and the pendency of the cases against the Complainant, cannot be a ground for setting aside the order of externment. Hence there is no merit in the submission made by the learned Counsel for the Petitioner. 6. Writ Petition is, accordingly, dismissed. (V.M. KANADE J.)