IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.14573 of 2008 Between: J. Bala Krishna Shastry S/o. Satyanarayana R/o. D.No. 9-369, Santhi Nagar, Gudivada, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Director General & Inspector General of Police Police Head Quarters, Lakadi-ka-pool Hyderabad. 2 The Deputy Inspector General of Polcie (Eluru Range) Eluru, W.G. District. 3 The Superintendent of Police, Krishna District , Machilipatnam. 4 The Sub Divisional Police Officer, patimeeda, Gudivada, Krishna District. 5 The Station House Officer, I Town Police Station, Gudivada. 6 J.S.V. Lakshmi Kanthi W/o. J. Balakrishna Satry (Railway T.C.) Post Office Bazar, Gollapudi Village, Vijayawada. 7 Kousika Lalitha W/o. K. Ramaiah R/o. Post Office Bazar, Gollapudi Village, Vijayawada. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not conducting the investigation in Cr.No.69 of 2008 registered by The Station House Officer,I Town Police Station, Gudivada, as arbitrary illegal, improper and contrary to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code and consequently direct the respondents 1 to 3 to hand over the investigation to any other officer for investigating the Cr.No. 69 of 2008 registered by the Station House Officer, I Town Police Station, Gudivada. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.V.N.NARASIMHAM Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.14573 of 2008 ORDER: It is the case of the petitioner that pursuant to a private complaint filed by him against respondents 6 and 7, the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Gudivada, referred the said complaint to the 5th respondent for enquiry and report. Based on which, a case in Cr.No.69 of 2008 was registered for the offences punishable under Sections 107, 307 and 309 read with Section 34 IPC by the 5th respondent. But, so far, no investigation has been conducted. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that as and when crime has been registered, it is the duty of the police to investigate and file charge-sheet or final report, as the case may be, without any undue delay. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 5th respondent to expedite the investigation in Cr.No.69 of 2008, as expeditiously as possible, without any undue delay. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________ 08-07-2008 Prv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI}