HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.32473 of 2010 Date: April 1, 2011 Between: P.Purnachandra Rao, S/o.Chowdaraiah, Aged about 60 years, Occ:employee, R/o.Flat No.406, Bharathi Towers, Balaji Nagar, Kukatpally, Hyderabad … Petitioner And The State of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Secretariat, Hyderabad And others … Respondents Order: Petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus declaring the action of respondents 1 to 4, Police, in not registering a crime against respondents 5 and 6 basing on his complaint dated 03-12-2010 as arbitrary and illegal. Petitioner appears to have sent a petition/representation on 03-12-2010 to the respondents- Police, by registered post, alleging that his brothers-in-law, i.e. respondents 5 and 6 herein, have committed theft of his motorcycle bearing registration No.AP.28.AS.9316, car bearing registration No.AP.28.AU.4009 and omnibus bearing registration No.AP.29.A.7676, abused him in filthy language and requested Police to initiate action. It is the grievance of the petitioner that no crime is registered against respondents 5 and 6 in spite of his representation. Basing on the written instructions sent by Sub- Inspector of Police, Kukatpally Police Station, Cyberabad Commissionerate, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home submits that based on the complaint of one Smt.P.Subashini, a case is registered in Cr.No.964/2010 under Section 498-A of Indian Penal Code against the petitioner herein on 03-10-2010 on the file of Kukatpally P.S., and based on the evidence, petitioner was arrested and later remanded to judicial custody on 04-10-2010; final report was filed on 04-10-2010 before the IX Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad, Kukatpally. She further submits that pursuant to the complaint of the petitioner, his allegation that his vehicles were stolen has been examined and it is found that the said vehicles were intact and no theft was committed; thereafter statements of the wife and children of the petitioner were also recorded by examining them; the petitioner was summoned, examined and his statement has also been recorded; during the course of investigation, it is found that the petitioner has filed the complaint to implicate his wife and other family members since a criminal case is pending against him. In this case, it appears, there are disputes between the petitioner and his wife and a case in Cr.No.964/2010 under Section 498-A of Indian Penal Code was registered against the petitioner on 03-10-2010 on the file of Kukatpally P.S. In connection with the said crime, basing on the evidence, petitioner was arrested, later remanded to judicial custody and final report is filed on 04-10-2010. While things stood, petitioner came up with a complaint dated 03-12-2010 alleging that his vehicles have been stolen by his brothers-in-law, i.e. respondents 5 and 6 herein. Investigation done, pursuant to the complaint of the petitioner, by the Police has revealed that no theft of vehicles, as alleged by the petitioner, has taken place; to that effect, statements of the wife and children of the petitioner have also been recorded. In that view of the matter, no directions can be granted to the Police to register a crime against the non-official respondents herein. The complaint which the petitioner has filed seems to be only a counterblast to the complaint filed against him by his wife due to family disputes. In any event, if the petitioner feels aggrieved, he can as well file a private complaint before the Court concerned under Section 200 Cr.P.C., but no relief as sought can be granted in this writ petition. Writ petition is therefore dismissed, reserving liberty to the petitioner to file a private complaint under Section 200 Cr.P.C. before the Court concerned if he so chooses. No order as to costs. __________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J April 1, 2011 MRR