IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 24229 of 2005 Between: V.Aravinda Kumar, S/o.Sri Hemachander, R/o.3-4-225, Veer Jain Mandir, Lingampally, Kachiguda, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Battu Poornachand, S/o.Gopal Rao, R/o.Ring Road, Vijayawada, Krishna District now - residing at 7-A, Saritha Vihar, Institutional Area, New Delhi-110 044. 2 Station House Officer, Kachiguda Police Station, kachiguda, Hyderabad. 3 Inspector of Police, kachiguda Police Station, Kachiguda, Hyderabad. 4 The Director, Central Bureau of Investigation, New Delhi. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the 4th respondent herein to investigate the Crime No.205 of 2005 registered against the 1st respondent on 19th June 2005 for an offence under Section 365 I.P.C. of Kachiguda Police Station, Kachiguda, Hyderabad, forthwith and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.E.V.BHAGIRATHA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRR} THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO.24229 OF 2005 ORDER: It is the case of the petitioner that there cannot be any justification on the part of the respondents 2 and 3 in not investigating the Crime No.205 of 2005, therefore, he seeks to issue a writ of mandamus, directing the respondents 2 and 3 to investigating the said crime registered against the first respondent. Once a crime is registered, there cannot be any justification on the part of the Station House officer, Kachiguda Police Station in keeping the investigation pending years together. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, if the investigation is not completed so far, the respondents 2 and 3 are directed to complete the investigation as expeditiously as possible without any undue delay and file a charge sheet or final report as the case may be, if not already filed. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. No order as to costs. ________________ V.ESWARAIAH,J Date: 16-07-2008. Shr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 Station House Officer, Kachiguda Police Station, kachiguda, Hyderabad. 2 Inspector of Police, kachiguda Police Station, Kachiguda, Hyderabad. 3 The Director, Central Bureau of Investigation, New Delhi. 4.2CCs to 5.2CD copies