Rihen Harshad Mehta v. Union Of India And ORS

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.616 OF 2020 Rihen Harshad Mehta

...Petitioner

vs.

Union of India and Ors.

...Respondents

---- Yusuf Iqbal Yusuf Neville Majra, Ms. Shaista Pathan i/b Y and A Legal for the Petitioner.

Mr.Prakash Shinde a/w. Niyati Merchant i/b MDP and Partners for Respondent No.4.

Mr. K. V. Saste, APP for the Respondent/State. Ms. Ameeta Kuttikrishnan for Respondent No.1. ---- CORAM : B. P. DHARMADHIKARI, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE & N. R. BORKAR, J.

DATE : 3/3/2020.

P.C.:

.

Mr. Shinde, learned counsel for respondent No.4 submits that Respondent No.4/Bank has issued look out circular to secure its loan and there is no criminal angle to it.

2.

Learned counsel for the petitioner in this situation seeks leave to convert present challenge into civil challenge so that it can thereafter be placed before the appropriate Bench.

3.

As the petitioner appears to travel out of India and has some urgency, we are inclined to grant said request. 4.

Accordingly, without prejudice to the rights and contentions of

rsk 2/2 61-WP-616-20.doc Respondent No.4 in the matter, we permit the petitioner to carry out necessary amendments to the petition so that it can thereafter be registered as civil writ petition and transferred to appropriate bench as per roster assigned. Necessary amendment be carried out within one week. We direct that amended copy shall be served upon respondent Nos.1 and 4. (N. R. BORKAR, J.) (ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE)