1 crwp1976-10 agk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1976 OF 2010 M. Soundra Pandian ..Petitioner. Versus The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent. Mr.A.M. Saraogi for the petitioner. Mr.J.P. Yagnik, APP for the State. CORAM : A.M. Khanwilkar, & U.D. Salvi, JJ. DATE : 2nd September 2010. P.C. : 1. By this petition, it is prayed that the show-cause notice dated 25th June 2010 issued under Section 56 of the Bombay Police Act be quashed and set aside. Since challenge is to the show-cause notice, we dispose of this petition with liberty to the petitioner to file his reply before the appropriate authority, which we have no doubt in our mind, will be considered on its own merits and decision as may be warranted would be taken by the said authority. 2. The apprehension of the petitioner that adverse orders would be 2 crwp1976-10 passed against him and soon thereafter the petitioner will be forced to leave the city. That apprehension can be taken care by protecting the petitioner for a period of two weeks from the date of service of the adverse order on the petitioner. We leave all the questions open to be decided on its own merits in appropriate proceedings. 3. The writ petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. (U.D. Salvi, J.) (A.M. Khanwilkar, J.)