THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO Writ Petition Nos.183 and 1650 of 2010 Date: 05-02-2010 W.P.No.183 of 2010: Between Mr. Velagala Srinivas Reddy … Petitioner and Mr. Nallamilli Subba Reddy and 4 others … Respondents W.P.No.1650 of 2010: Between Mr. Velagala Srinivas Reddy … Petitioner and The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 4 others … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO Writ Petition Nos.183 and 1650 of 2010 Common Order: (per Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J.) Writ Petition No.183 of 2010 has been filed seeking for setting at liberty Smt. Seetha Reddy, whom the writ petitioner describes as his wife and he alleges that the said Smt.Seetha Reddy has been high-handedly detained by respondents 1 and 2, her parents. Writ Petition No.1650 of 2010 has been instituted for a Writ of habeas corpus to set free his parents Sri Velagala Prasada Reddy and Smt. Ananta Lakshmi, who are alleged to have been confined illegally by respondents 4 and 5, the parents of Smt. Seetha Reddy. 2. Pursuant to the notices issued by us, the Station House Officer, Tadepallygudem Police Station, West Godavari district is present in the Court today and he has also caused production of Ms. Seetha, who was said to be studying 3rd year B.Pharmacy at V.J.S. College of Pharmacy, Rajahmundry. The Station House Officer has also caused production of Sri Velagala Prasada Reddy and Smt. Ananta Lakshmi, the parents of the writ petitioner herein. 3. We had interacted with the writ petitioner as well as his parents and the girl Ms. Seetha. Suffice it for us to record that Ms. Seetha has informed us that she is living at a place of her choice and all on her own and that she has not been subjected to any pressure or force to hide at any particular place. She also submitted that she is very keen to further continue her studies of 3rd year B.Pharmacy at Rajahmundry. Similarly, Sri Velagala Prasada Reddy and Smt. Ananta Lakshmi, the parents of the writ petitioner and the writ petitioner have also pains takingly narrated some of the unhappy events that have occasioned since the alleged marriage of the writ petitioner with Ms. Seetha. 4. We considered it appropriate not to record all these events as they may have some serious repercussions elsewhere. We advised all the four parties to show utmost restraint and adhere to principles of law henceforth. Therefore, we are satisfied that Ms. Seetha as well as the parents of the writ petitioner, by names, Sri Velagala Prasada Reddy and Smt. Ananta Lakshmi, are moving about in the society freely and all on their own accord without any force from any source. Therefore, no further orders are needed to be passed in these writ petitions. 5. In the result, both the writ petitions are disposed of, at the stage of admission. No costs. ______________________________ JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA ______________________________ JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO 05th February, 2010. Ak