JUDGMENT

A.V. Savant, J. - Heard both the learned Counsels; Mr. Mohite for the petitioner and Miss Kamat for the respondent State.

2. This is petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Certiorari quashing the proceedings in C.R. No. 104 11996 registered with the General Branch. Crime Branch. Mumbai where it is alleged that four accused viz. Vinod Bajaj. Vijay Bajaj. Sudhir Bajaj and the present petitioner Tilakraj Talwar have committed forgery in respect of a registered Will dated 6th February. 1990 executed by one Purushottamdas Bajaj. The crime is registered on the complaint of Girdhar Puruspottamdas Bajaj lodged on 2nd October. 1996 where the date and occurrence of the offence is alleged to be "during the period from 1989 to 21st August 1993", Girdhar Bajaj had filed criminal application No. 3235 of 1996 for intervention in the present proceedings. However, the same was rejected on December 20, 1996 with the following order:

CORAM: A.C. AGARWAL & F.I. REBELLO. JJ.

"Provisions of Section 301(2) of the Cr. P.C. cannot and wi1l not assist the petitioner in claiming intervention in the criminal writ petition. The investigation in the case