IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 19289 of 2004 Between: 1 Smt. V. Lakshmma, W/o. Late Malla Reddy, R/o. 1-22, Golmakunta, Keesara Mandal, R.R.District. 2 V. Krishna Reddy, S/o. Late Malla Reddy, R/o. 1-23, Golmakunta, Keesara Mandal, R.R.District. 3 V. Pratap Reddy, S/o. Late Malla Reddy, R/o. 1-21, Golmakunta, Keesara Mandal, R.R.District. 4 V. Linga Reddy, S/o. Late Malla Reddy, R/o. 1-22, Golmakunta, Keesara Mandal, R.R.District. ... PETITIONERS AND 1 S.H.O., Keesara P.S., Keesara, Keesara Mandal, R.R.District. 2 The Circle Inspector, P.S. Keesara, Keesara Mandal, R.R.District. 3 Superintendent of Police, R.R.District, DIG Colony, E.C.I.L.X Road, R.R.District. 4 Chera Sathaiah, S/o. C. Sailu R/o. Golmakunta, Keesaramangal, R.R.District. 5 V. Sathi Reddy, S/o. Yella Reddy, R/o. Golmakunta, Keesara Mandal, R.R.District. 6 S. Jangaiah, S/o. S. Pentaiah, R/o. Golmakunta, Keesara Mandal, R.R.District. 7 S. Ilaiah, S/o. S. chandriah, R/o. Golmakunta, Keesaramangal, R.R.District. 8 Cheera Laxmaiah, S/o. C. Papaiah, R/o. Golmakunta, Keesara Mandal, R.R.District. 9 C.H. Yadagiri, S/o. Narsimha, R/o. Golmakunta, Keesara Mandal, R.R.District. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court be pleased to pass an order or orders particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the first Respondent herein in not conducting any enquiry in respect of the F.I.R. bearing Crime No.180/2004 lodged by the petitioners herein as bad, illegal and unconstitutional and further direct the First Respondent to file a Charge Memo and take action against the Respondents No.3 to 9. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.KESHAV HULSURKAR Counsel for the Respondents 1 to 3: GP FOR HOME Counsel for the Respondents 4 to 9: ---NONE APPEARED--- The Court at the admission stage made the following order: ORDER: Grievance of the petitioners is that on a complaint given by them against respondents 3 to 9 an F.I.R was registered as Crime No.180 of 2004 on the file of the SHO, P.S. Keesara, Keesara Mandal, Ranga Reddy District but no further steps have been taken to complete the investigation. Counter has been filed stating that pursuant to the complaint of the petitioners an F.I.R was registered as Cr.No.180 of 2004 under Section 174 Cr.P.C. and the matter is taken up for investigation, which is pending. The other allegations made against the police officials have been denied. It is submitted that the first respondent is investigating into the matter and the investigation is likely to be completed shortly. Without going into the allegations and counter-allegations I am of the opinion that there is no justification on the part of the first respondent in simply registering an F.I.R without completing the investigation. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the first respondent is directed to complete the investigation and file a report as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of four months from the date of receipt of this order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with the above direction. No costs. ________________ V. ESWARAIAH, J April 26, 2005 Note: Furnish Copy by 03.05.2005 (B/o) Dsk To 1 The S.H.O., Keesara P.S., Keesara, Keesara Mandal, R.R.District. 2 The Circle Inspector, P.S. Keesara, Keesara Mandal, R.R.District. 3 The Superintendent of Police, R.R.District, DIG Colony, E.C.I.L.X Road, R.R.District. 4 Two CCs to GP For Home, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) Two CD Copies.