IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FITH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 21065 of 2009 Between: 1.Ancha Nathanial @ Chitti Babu, S/o Venkateswara Rao, 43 yers, Occ:Pastor, R/o H.No.13- 127, Kanchikacharla Post & Mandal, Krishna District and another. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The State of A.P., represented by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and 3 others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.21065 of 2009 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in harassing the petitioners and detaining them in the police station from morning to late night hours, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently sought for a direction to the respondents not to harass the petitioners without following due process of law. On instructions, the learned Government Pleader for Home submits that the police are not at all harassing the petitioners and that on mere apprehension the petitioners approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. As it is the contention of the learned Counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners are subjected to so much of harassment, the respondents are hereby directed not to infringe the personal liberty of the petitioners, without following due process of law. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ____________________________ (GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J) 25-09-2009 Gsn.