IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY MONDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND TEN WRIT PETITION No.14777 of 2010 Between: Dr.Shahnaz Bathul. … Petitioner And The State of Andhra Pradesh, reptd., by its Principal Secretary for Home, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri Pulla Rao Yellanki. Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Home for R.1 to R.4. None for R.5 and R.6. This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the inaction of respondents 3 and 4 in investigating FIR No.7 of 2010 and filing charge sheet therein, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, submitted that respondent No.3 has so far examined the petitioner and two other witnesses; that certain documents, which are material for the purpose of investigation, are with the I Additional Senior Civil Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad; that an application was made through the II Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, for summoning of those documents from the said I Additional Senior Civil Judge’s Court; and that as soon as the documents are summoned, they will be sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory for examination. She further submitted that as this process will take some time, respondent No.3 requires at least three months time for completion of the investigation and filing appropriate report/charge sheet. From the measures undertaken by respondent No.3, this Court is satisfied that there is no slackness in investigation of the said crime; and in view of the above submission of the learned Assistant Government Pleader the Writ Petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.3 to file appropriate report/charge sheet within a period of three months from today. ----------------------------------- ------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:23-8-2010 MNR