IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO TAKEN UP WRIT PETITION No.22225 OF 2010 Between: Rajesh Kumar … Petitioner And The Station House Officer, Sultan Bazar Police Station, Hyderabad and another … Respondents This Court made the following: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO TAKEN UP WRIT PETITION No.22225 OF 2010 ORDER: - (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A.GOPAL REDDY) This is a taken up writ petition on the basis of the telegram sent by the petitioner, dated 28.08.2010, complaining that the police of Sultan Bazar Police Station, Hyderabad-respondent No.1 illegally detained the brothers of the petitioner viz., Rajesh and Ravi Kumar, since 25.08.2010. The Inspector of Police, Sultan Bazar Police Station-respondent No.1 filed a counter–affidavit stating that on the complaint lodged by one P.Sudhakar, on 23.08.2010, a case in crime No.295 of 2010 was registered for the offence punishable under Section 382 IPC and took up investigation. During the course of investigation, they arrested one Kormi devender-A1 on 28.08.2010 and he confessed about the commission of the said offence and also other offences viz., crime No.527 of 2009 registered for the offence punishable under Section 382 of Afzalgunj Police Station; crime No.272 of 2010 registered for the offence punishable under Section 379 IPC of Sultan Bazar Police station and that he sold the stolen property to detenu Nos.1 and 2. The stolen property with regard to crime No.295 of 2010, was seized from his possession and on his confession the alleged detenu No.2 – A2 was taken into custody on 28.08.2010 and was produced before V Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Secunderabad on 29.08.2010 and was remanded to judicial custody. Later detenu No.1-A3 himself surrendered before III Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad and was remanded to judicial custody and was lodged at Central Prison, Cherlapally. Later alleged detenu No.1 was enlarged on bail, on 02.09.2010. Since both the detenus were involved in a crime registered for the offence punishable under Section 382 IPC, they were arrested and lodged in Central prison and later released on bail, by obtaining lawful orders, the question of illegal detention, as alleged in the telegram, does not arise. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J ________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 27th September 2010 LMV