1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 317 OF 2005 Vaijnath Sangappa Sambhale ....Petitioner. Versus The State of Maharashtra & ors. ....Respondents. Shri. Bipin Patil h/f. Shri. H.S. Surve, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri. S.K. Kadam, A.G.P. for the respondent No. 1. CORAM : R.K. DESHPANDE, J. DATE : 17th November, 2009 PER COURT : 1. Shri. Bipin Patil holding for Advocate Hemant Surve, seeks adjournment of the matter by further period of one week. However, after going through the order sheets, it is apparent that the matter is pending for admission since 2005 and has been adjourned from time to time i.e. on 26.6.2009, 14.7.2009, 31.8.2009 and 29.9.2009. It is therefore not possible to adjourn the matter being of 2005. The instant petition complains disobedience of the order dated 30.11.2005 passed in C.A.No. 10574/2005. By this order, the parties were directed to maintain 2 statusquo as on today, until further orders. The complaint in the instant contempt petition is that on 22.11.2005, the respondent No. 2 and his group assaulted the wife of the petitioner by showing revolver. It is further alleged that nearabout 31 persons had been attacked over the person of the petitioner's wife through the weapons i.e. revolver and lathis with an intention to dispossess the family of the petitioner from the land and thereby created danger. Report to that effect is lodged in the police station. However, the police authorities seems to have not taken any cognizance in that regard. After going through the contents of the contempt petition, it is apparent that the event, which has been alleged, has taken place prior to the passing of the order dated 30.11.2005. Not even a single event has been alleged in violation of the order dated 30.11.2005. In view of this, there is no case for contempt made out in the instant petition. It is, however, made clear that the dismissal of this contempt petition or any observations made in this order, shall not come in the way of petitioner in initiating or prosecuting any other civil or criminal proceedings. With these observations, contempt petition is dismissed. [ R.K. DESHPANDE, J. ] ssc/cp317.09