1 wp3376.10 ast IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 3376 OF 2010 Premchand Virpar Chandaria. ....Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra & ors. ....Respondents. Mr. Rajendra Sorankar, advocate for petitioner. Mr.P.A.Pol, PP for State. CORAM:- P.V.HARDAS AND M.N.GILANI, JJ DATED:- APRIL 8, 2011 P.C. 1 Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of the learned Counsel for the parties, this Petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2 By this Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India the Petitioner prays for transfer of the investigation of Crime No.2 of 2005 registered by the Matunga Police Station, Mumbai for offence punishable under section 406, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 r/w 34 of I.P.C. either to the Economic Offence Wing or any other independent agency. 3 By virtue of the order of this Court dated 23/12/2010, investigation of the said crime came to be transferred to the State C.I.D. to be handled by an officer 2 wp3376.10 not below the rank of DY.S.P. of the concerned area. Pursuant to the order passed by this Court, the State C.I.D. is investigating the offence. Learned PP states on instruction from the Investigating Officer that the investigation is in progress and is likely to be completed shortly. The learned PP further states on instruction that Investigating Officer assures this court to conclude investigation as expeditiously as is possible and to submit final report. Learned PP has also tendered before us a copy of the report dated 7/4/2011 in respect of the investigation carried out so far. Perusal of the report certainly indicates that the Investigating Officer has made substantial progress in the investigation and the investigation is virtually heading towards conclusion. In that light of the matter therefore, we make rule absolute in terms of the order of this Court dated 23/12/2010 transferring investigation to the State C.I.D. and also accepting the statement made by the learned PP that the Investigating Officer would diligently and expeditiously conclude the investigation and submit the final report as expeditiously as is possible. We accept the aforesaid statement as an undertaking to the Court. 4 This Petition is accordingly, allowed and rule is made absolute in terms of the order of this Court dated 23/12/2010 and the statement made by the learned PP today in court. In the circumstances, there shall be no orders as to costs. (M.N.GILANI, J) (P.V.HARDAS, J)