1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI. WRIT PETITION NO.2989 OF 2011 Mr.Virendra C.Shah .. Petitioner V/s The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr.A.M.Saraogi for the petitioner. Mr.V.B.Konde-Deshmukh, APP for the State. CORAM: A.M.KHANWILKAR & R.G.KETKAR, JJ. DATE: 22nd November, 2011. P.C.: 1. The grievance in this petition is about no response received by the petitioner in connection with the complaint dated 24.09.2011 Exhibit ‘A’. 2. The learned APP submits that the petitioner ought to have approached the local police station for registration of FIR, if he so desired. 3. The fact remains that the petitioner has sent written communication to the Commissioner of Police. It was open to the Commissioner of Police to forward the said complaint to the concerned police station, who in turn, could have informed the petitioner to make himself available for recording of his 2 statement and proceeded with the matter in accordance with law. 4. In the circumstances, we dispose of this petition with directions to the Commissioner of Police to forward the complaint to the concerned local police station, who in turn, shall inform the petitioner about the date on which his statement would be recorded and thereafter proceed in the matter in accordance with law. The above steps be taken by the Commissioner of Police and the local police station, not later than two weeks from today. 5. It will be open to the Commissioner of Police to issue appropriate directions as to who should investigate the offence, if registered on the basis of the contents of the statement of the petitioner to be recorded by the local police station, considering the fact that the allegations are made against some police officers. We are not expressing any opinion in that behalf. 6. Petition is disposed of. (R.G.KETKAR, J.) (A.M.KHANWILKAR, J.)