ORDER :

The petitioner is before this Court seeking a direction for appointment of any other Police Officer higher in rank, to investigate the crime registered in Crime No.153 of 2022, which arose out of a private complaint registered in P.C.R.No.7840 of 2022, pending before the 31st Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bangalore City and further seeking a direction to the 2nd respondent to recover materials that have been stolen from his house.

2. Heard the petitioner in-person and Sri M.Vinod Kumar, learned Additional Government Advocate appearing for respondent No.2.

3. Facts adumbrated are as follows:-

The petitioner alleges that the 1st respondent in the morning hours of 26-03-2021, forcibly broke open the doors of residence of the petitioner, thieved many articles in the house which were home appliances, fitness equipment, vehicle keys among other valuable articles. The reason for the alleged incident, according to the narration was that, the petitioner had filed a civil suit in O.S.No.4299 of 2020, which was seeking partition of the family properties. It is the averment that, to threaten the petitioner and force him to withdraw the partition suit, the alleged incident had b