Pothapoiyana Subba Rao v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.PRAVEEN KUMAR WRIT PETITION No. 20992 of 2016 ORDER:

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Government Pleader of Home.

With the consent of both the parties, the writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage.

The present writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, with the following prayer: 'For the reasons stated in the accompanying affidavit, the petitioners herein prays that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or order or direction declaring the action of respondent Nos. 2 to 4 in frequently calling the petitioners to police stations which are within the control of respondent No.3 demanding to furnish the information of Sri Seetaratna Sai Babu and keeping the petitioners in their offices for hours together as illegal, arbitrary and capricious and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere with the petitioners life, liberty and property of the petitioners in the interest of justice'.

Though various grounds are raised, learned counsel for the petitioners restricts his prayer seeking a direction to the respondents not to summon the petitioners to the police stations, without following due process of law.

Learned Government Pleader submits that the petitioners shall not be summoned to the police stations without following the procedure contemplated under law.

Recording the said submissions, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent - police authorities to be

mindful of the limits of their jurisdiction in criminal law and not to summon the petitioners to the police stations without following due process of law.

Miscellaneous petitions, pending if any, shall stand closed in the light of this final order. No order as to costs. ______________________ JUSTICE C.PRAVEEN KUMAR 29.06.2016 vhb