IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 18443 of 2008 Marepalli Subrahmanyam, S/o. Somanna Batnavilli, Amalapuram Mandal, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1.The Station House Officer (Crime), Kakinada, East Godavari District. 2.The Superintendent of Police, East Godavari District at Kakinada. .....RESPONDENT(S) For the reasons stated in the "Telegram" dated 19-08-2008 sent by the Petitioner herein, this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue an Order, direction, or a Writ, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Habeas Corpus directing the Respondents herein to produce the son-in-law of the Petitioner viz. Parimi Veera Venkata Satyavara Prasad, S/o. Ramakrishna Sarma, Kothapeta before this Hon'ble Court, who was illegally detained by the Kakinada Crime Inspector since 14-08-2008 and apprehending danger to his life and set him at liberty forthwith and to pass such other or further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: TELEGRAM Counsel for the Respondents: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 18443 of 2008 ORAL ORDER: (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice D.S.R.Varma) Heard, learned Assistant Government Pleader, representing learned Advocate General, appearing for the respondents. 2. This writ petition is taken up, on the basis of a telegram, dated 19.08.2008, by the petitioner herein to the Hon’ble the Chief Justice, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, alleging that his son-in-law, by name Parimi Veera Venkata Satyavara Prasad, S/o. Ramakrishna Sarma, Kothapeta, was illegally detained since 14.08.2008 by Kakinada Crime Inspector and apprehending danger to the life of his son-in-law, he seeks interference by this Court. 3. On the contrary, in the counter-aﬃdavit, ﬁled by the 1st respondent herein, it is stated that the alleged detenu was arrayed as A-3 in a case registered as Crime No.34 of 2008, for the oﬀence punishable under Sections 409 and 420 I.P.C., of Amalapuram Town Police Station; that, initially, the said crime was registered by Amalapuram Town Police, on 14.02.2008; that, subsequently, the same was transferred to Central Crime Station, Kakinada, for further investigation; that two more crimes, Cr.Nos.14 of 2008 and 33 of 2008 of Amalapuram Police Station, were also transferred to Central Crime Station, Kakinada, along with Cr.No.34 of 2008; that, in connection with Cr.No.34 of 2008, the Central Crime Station police, Kakinada, eﬀected arrest of the alleged detenu on 03- 09-2008; that, subsequently, on 04.09.2008, the alleged detenu was produced before the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Amalapuram, who remanded him to judicial custody and that the alleged detenu, as on today, is lodged at Central Prison, Rajahmundry. It is further stated that the alleged detenu was involved in two more crimes viz., Cr.Nos.3 of 2008 and 11 of 2008, for the oﬀence punishable under Section 420 I.P.C., of Razole Police Station, East Godavari District, and prays to dismiss the writ petition. 4. Notwithstanding the other particulars furnished before this Court, by way of counter- aﬃdavit, in view of the fact that the alleged detenu was arrested and presently lodged in Central Prison, Rajahmundry, by judicial order, we do not ﬁnd any illegal detention. Since, the allegations made by the petitioner are fallacious, the writ petition is liable to be dismissed. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed, at the stage of admission, with costs. --------------------------- JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA ------------------------- JUSTICE K.C.BHANU DATED: 09-09-2008 Hsd