THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO.20327 OF 2011 ORDER: Failure on the part of respondents 1 to 4 to provide police protection to the petitioner and the Church, for discharge of religious duties as a Parish Pastor to Lutheran Church, Lakidi-ka- pool, Hyderabad is questioned in this Writ Petition as being arbitrary and illegal. It is the petitioner’s case that respondents 5 to 8 are preventing him from carrying on the good work of serving the Lord, and in discharging his functions as a Parish Pastor. In the counter-affidavit filed by the Inspector of Police, Saifabad, reference is made to the complaints filed both by the petitioner and by respondents 5 to 8. It is specifically stated that Petty Case Nos.4883/11 and 4884/11 have been registered under Section 70 (b) and 323 IPC. Crime No. 566 of 2010 has been registered under Section 160 IPC and a charge sheet has been filed therein. Crime No.658 of 2010 under Section 506 and 323 IPC, and Cr. No.20 of 2011 under Section 380, 447 and 506 read with Section 34 IPC, have also been registered and the matter is under investigation. It is evident, therefore, that the petitioner’s claim of the complaint not having been registered is contrary to the facts on record. In so far as the petitioner’s request for police protection is concerned, it is specifically stated by respondents 5 to 8, in their counter-affidavits, that O.S. No.1382 of 2011 was filed by the 5th respondent on behalf of the Andhra Evangelical Luthern Church before the 3rd Junior Civil Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad. I.A. No.351 of 2011 was filed under Or. XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 seeking an order of injunction against the petitioner herein, and that the Learned Junior Civil Judge, by order dated 13.07.2011, had allowed the petition and had restrained the respondent in the I.A. (petitioner herein) from interfering in the administration of plaintiff church. In the light of the order of injunction granted by the Civil Court which continues to remain in force as on date, the relief of police protection cannot be granted. Since the matter is under investigation by the police authorities, no further directions need be issued in this Writ Petition. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, dismissed. No costs. Date: 28.09.2011 ____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J MRKR