Bombay High Court will soon be viewing the video footage of the Maval firing incident, which occurred on 9th of August 2011, to ascertain if police were left with no option other than opening fire at the protesting farmers.The protest was going on against the Maharashtra government's decision to lay a closed pipeline to supply water from Pavna dam to the limits of Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporation in Pune district. The demonstrators had claimed that due to the closed pipeline they would be deprived of water for their crops.A division bench of Justices P B Majmudar and R D Dhanuka was hearing a bunch of public interest litigations seeking probe into the firing incident to be handed over to an independent agency.During the last hearing, the court had reprimanded the Maval police for opening fire at the protestors resulting in the death of one farmer. The court had said that the police should have used tear gas shells and fired in the air instead of shooting at people directly.However, the government today informed the court that the police was left with no other option but to open fire. Ashutosh Kumbhkoni, special counsel for the government, urged the court to see the half-hour video of the incident stating that the police had given sufficient warning to the agitators before firing. The court has asked the concerned parties to submit the video footage and has kept the PIL for hearing on 11th of April.