IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.25129 of 2005 Between: 1 V.S.Kannan S/o.Subramanyam Tagath Nagar Pulipadu post Mundlamur Mandal, Prakasam district 2 V.Shankar S/o.Kannan Tagath Nagar Pulipadu post Mundlamur Mandal, Prakasam district 3 V.Mahalingam S/o.Kannan Tagath Nagar Pulipadu post Mundlamur Mandal, Prakasam district ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Superintendent of Police, Prakasam district at Ongole 2 TheStation House Officer, Mandlamuru Police Station Prakasam district 3 M.Krupanandam C.I. of Police, Darsi, Prakasam district .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction declaring the action of the 3rd respondent police in interfering in civil dispute and harassing the petitioners with dire consequences as illegal, arbitrary, and pass such other or further orders as this Hon`ble Court feels deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners: MRS.K.LALITHA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.25129 of 2005 ORDER: It is the case of the petitioners that the 1st petitioner is the father of petitioners 2 and 3. As there are strained relations between the 3rd petitioner and his wife, certain complaints made by the petitioners as well as the wife of the 3rd petitioner are pending. In that regard, at the instance of the parents of the wife of the 3rd petitioner, the 3rd respondent is unnecessarily interfering with the civil disputes of the petitioners. A counter has been filed by the respondents denying all the allegations stating that police never threatened or interfered with the civil disputes of the petitioners and they never demanded any amount for not taking action on the complaint said to have been made by the wife of the 3rd petitioner and her parents. The petitioners were never harassed and they were never called to the police station. If any crime is registered, the scope of the enquiry is with regard to investigation of the facts of that complaint only, but police cannot interfere with the civil disputes. In view of the categorical denial of all the allegations, I am of the opinion that no orders need be passed in this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________ 14-03-2008 Prv .... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRK}