IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.HARILAL TUESDAY, THE 22ND NOVEMBER 2011 / 1ST AGRAHAYANA 1933 WP(C).No. 30672 of 2011(H) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- LALITHA,D/O.NARAYANAN NAIR,AGED 34, ARAKKAPRAMBU ASARI ROAD, KARIKKAMURI, COCHIN -11. BY ADVS. SRI.JOHNSON MANAYANI, SRI.BENHUR JOSEPH MANAYANI, SRI.JEEVAN MATHEW MANAYANI. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. BALACHANDRAN, METTEKKAD PARAMBU HOUSE, ASARI ROAD, KARIKKAMURI,COCHIN 11. 2. KUMARAN NAIR, METTEKKAD PARAMBU HOUSE, ASARI ROAD, KARIKKAMURI, COCHIN -11. 3. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, VANITHA POLICE STATION, COCHIN -31. 4. CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, CENTRAL POLICE STATION, ERNAKULAM -31. 5. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, VELLAYAMBALAM, TRIVANDRUM- 695 002. 6. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE (HQ), TRIVANDRUM- 695 001. W.P.(C).NO.30672/2011-H: 7. CITY POLICE COMMISSIONER, COCHIN CITY, ERNAKULAM 31. R3 TO R7 BY SR. GOVT. PLEADER SRI. M.K. ABOOBACKER. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 22/11/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(C).NO.30672/2011-H: APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS:- EXHIBIT P1. TRUE COPY OF THE TREATMENT CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN FAVOUR OF SRI.RAJASEKHARAN. EXHIBIT P2. TRUE COPY OF THE NOTICE ISSUED BY THE THIRD RESPONDENT TO THE PETITIONER. EXHIBIT P3. TRUE COPY OF THE PETITION FILED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE THIRD RESPONDENT DATED 7.11.2011. EXHIBIT P4. TRUE COPY OF THE PETITION DATED 07.11.2011 FILED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE RESPONDENTS 5 TO 7. RESPONDENTS' EXHIBITS:- NIL. //TRUE COPY// P.S. TO JUDGE Prv. PIUS C. KURIAKOSE & K. HARILAL,JJ. .................................................................... W.P.(C).NO. 30672 OF 2011 ................................................................... Dated this the 22nd day of November, 2011. JUDGMENT Pius C. Kuriakose, J. The petitioner a lady has filed this writ petition accusing respondents 3 and 4 officers of police of harassing her without any justifiable reason. 2. Sri. M.K. Aboobacker – Senior Government Pleader on the basis of the instructions from those police officers submitted that accusations of police harassment are without any basis. According to the learned Government Pleader, a lady by name Vijayalekshmi filed a complaint against the petitioner. The allegation in the complaint was that the petitioner trespassed into Vijayalekshmy’s tharavadu house and assaulted her father. The petitioner was summoned to the police station only in connection with the enquiry by the complaint. The petitioner and Vijayalekshmi came to the police station. The petitioner herself has filed a complaint raising allegations against Vijayalekshmi. The police considered both the complaints together. The police disposed of both the complaints advising the petitioner and W.P.(C).NO. 30672 OF 2011 : 2 : Vijayalekshmi to keep peace averting law and order situations. Attendance of the petitioner is not required at the moment by the police. We record all the submissions of senior Government Pleader. We dispose of the writ petition directing respondents 3, 4 and 7 to issue notice to the petitioner as envisaged under Section 160 Cr.P.C, if in future attendance of the petitioner is required in connection with any enquiry or investigation. PIUS C. KURIAKOSE, JUDGE. K. HARILAL, JUDGE. cl