Bodasu Surender, v. The State Of Telangana, Rep By Its Principal Secretary,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.5555 of 2016 ORDER:

The prayer of the petitioners in this case is as under: "For the reasons stated in the accompanying affidavit, it is therefore, necessary in the interest of justice that this Honourable Court may be pleased to issue a Writ or orders or directions, especially one in the nature of writ of MANDAMUS under Article 226 of Constitution of India, declaring the action of the Respondent No.3 for harassing the Petitioners to attend the Police Station regularly without any statutory notice and forcing them to settle the case between Smt. Varikoti Ramadevi and the sisters of the Petitioners in Crime No.

180/2015 and retaining the Petitioners in the police station till late nights without food water as blatantly illegal, unlawful, and unconstitutional and violative of Article 14 and 21 of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to harass the Petitioners who are no way concerned or connected with Crime No.180/2015 dtd.1507-2015 which is registered by Police Station Subedari, Warangal Urban pending on the file of the Honourable IV Addl. Judicial First Class Magistrate, Warangal in the interest of justice and pass such other relief or reliefs as this Hon'ble court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case."

Written instructions dated 10.03.2016 were furnished by the Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police, Subedari Police Station, Warangal, wherein he stated that upon forwarding of the complaint made by one Varikoti Ramadevi against the sisters of the petitioners, Crime No.180 of 2015 was registered on the file of the said police station under Sections 120-B, 384, 420, 429, 463 and 506 I.P.C. read with Section 34 I.P.C. During the course of investigation, the complainant and the brothers of the accused, the petitioners herein, were stated to have been examined and their detailed statements were recorded. The case was stated to be under investigation as some more witnesses

were yet to be examined and certain documents were to be collected. It also appears that the sisters of the petitioners already secured an order from this Court in Crl.P.No.8056 of 2015 to the effect that they should not be arrested till completion of the investigation. In the light of the afore-stated facts, this Court finds no reason to interfere in the matter at this stage.

Mr. S.M. Saifullah, learned counsel representing Dr. Venkat Reddy Donthi Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, is also agreeable to the closure of the case.

The writ petition is accordingly closed. Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall also stand closed. No order as to costs. ____________________ JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR 14th March, 2016 IBL