1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.58 OF 2008 Marcus Manwel Dabre ...... Petitioner. v/s State of Maharashtra and another. ...... Respondents. ----- Mr. Uday Warunjikar for the Petitioner. Mr. R.P. Behare, G.P. for respondent Nos. 1 and 2. ------ CORAM: SWATANTER KUMAR, C.J. AND V. M. KANADE, J. DATE : 24TH APRIL, 2008. P.C.: 1. Issue notice. The learned Counsel for the State puts his appearance, accepts notice and waives service. He further states that prayers made in this Petition are already under consideration of the Government. 2. We are of the considered opinion that these are matters of State Policy and would squarely fall in the exclusive domain of the State. It is neither practicable nor possible for this Court to frame guidelines or rules regulating the expenses to be paid to the witnesses by way of bhatta or 2 how their presence and security should be maintained. 3. In view of the stand taken by the State, no further directions are need to be made in this case. We dispose of this Petition with a direction to the State that within six weeks from today, the State will frame rules/policy or issue instructions in accordance with law and circulate the same to all the concerned authorities to enable them to act accordingly. CHIEF JUSTICE V.M. KANADE, J.