IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 26289 of 2007 Between: 1 K.Madhulika, W/o N.Lokesh, R/o D.No.2/358, Upstairs, Nehru Nagar, kadapa, Kadapa District. 2 N.Lokesh, s/o Ramaswamy, R/o D.No.4/455-1, Vivekanandanagar, Kadapa, Kadapa District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Inspector of police, Rajampeta police Station, Rajampeta, Kadapa District. 2 K.Manjulamma, D/o K.Ramanaiah, Sericulture Department, R/o D.No.2/358,. Nehru Nagar, Kadapa, Kadapa District. .....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 issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring that the 1st respondent police have no role in the marital affairs and no jurisdiction to interfere in marital life and further declaring the action of the 1st respondent in calling the petitioners to the Police Station, Rajampeta, Kadapa District and harassing them as being illegal, unjust, arbitrary, without jurisdiction, contrary to law, void and consequently the respondents be directed not to interfere in the marital affairs of the petitioners and to pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.V.MUNI REDDY Counsel for Respondent No.1: Assistant Government Pleader for Home Counsel for Respondent No.2: None appeared The Court at the stage of admission made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.1 in interfering with the life and personal liberty of the petitioners as illegal and arbitrary. Heard Sri S.V. Muni Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home for respondent No.1. No one appears for respondent No.2. The petitioners, who claim to have married against the wishes of respondent No.2, the maternal aunt of petitioner No.1, filed this writ petition questioning the alleged interference of respondent No.1 with their personal life and liberty at the instance of respondent No.2. Learned Assistant Government Pleader on instructions stated that on the complaint given by respondent No.2, Crime No. 171 of 2007 was registered by respondent No.1 against petitioner No.2 and his mother for an offence under Section 366 IPC. It is brought to the notice of the Court that petitioner No.2 and his mother filed Criminal Petition No. 28 of 2008 seeking quashing of the said crime in this Court and this Court by order dated 04-01-2008 in Crl.M.P No.26 of 2008 granted interim stay of all further proceedings. It is also stated that the said criminal petition is pending. Learned Assistant Government Pleader stated that except registering the crime and investigating into the same, respondent No.1 is not interfering with the life and personal liberty of the petitioners. This statement of the learned Assistant Government Pleader is placed on record and the writ petition is disposed of as infructuous. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition as infructuous, WPMP No. 34276 of 2007 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Dated: 24-04-2008 ks ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Inspector of police, Rajampeta police Station, Rajampeta, Kadapa District. 2 2CCs to the Assistant Government Pleader for Home, Hyderabad (OUT) 3 2CD copies