IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THIS THE 24th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2010 CONTEMPT CASE No.245 of 2008 IN RE ……… 1. G. Raghava Reddy, Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Vikarabad, Ranga Reddy District. 2. J. Satyanarayana, Circle Inspector of Police, Vikarabad, Ranga Reddy District. 3. P. Ramana Reddy, Sub-Inspector of Police, Bantaram police Station, Rangareddy District. …RESPONDENT(S) THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY CONTEMPT CASE No.245 of 2008 ORDER: This contempt case is the result of the suo motu proceedings initiated by this Court vide order dated 15.02.2008 in W.P.No.18510 of 2004. It appears that that writ petition was filed by Smt.K.Pushpamma and her brother Sri S.Gopal Rao alleging that respondent nos.3 and 4, i.e. respondent nos.2 and 3 herein, have not taken up any steps on the complaints dated 10.06.2004 and 18.06.2004 submitted by them. They also prayed for a direction to them to register them as First Information Reports against respondents 5 to 13 in the writ petition under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The writ petition underwent various stages and on 31.12.2007 a notice was issued to the respondents 2 to 4 therein i.e., respondents herein, to produce the relevant records relating to Crime No.1 of 2004 of Bantaram Police Station, Rangareddy District. On the ground that the respondents herein did not take any steps, even after receiving the notice, this Court directed initiation of contempt proceedings against them. Heard the learned Advocate General. The record discloses that the complaints submitted by the writ petitioners were taken into account and a petty case was registered in Crime No.1 of 2004 of Bantaram Police Station, Ranga Reddy District. The allegations made against them by the writ petitioners were denied by the respondents 1 to 4. The accidental lapse in responding to a notice cannot be treated as a deliberate violation on the part of the respondents herein. The contempt case is, accordingly, closed. __________________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J 24th February 2010 CVRK