IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI and THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 1016 of 2005 Between: D.V. Krishna, Trade Unionist, S/o. Venkatappa Reddy, Flat No. 305, Jayakrishna Apts, Yousufguda, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Station House Officer, Yellandu P.S., Khammam District. 2 The Inspector of Police Yellandu Circle, Yellandu, Khammam District. 3 The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Yellandu Circle, Yellaandu, Khammam. 4 The State of A.P. rep by the Principal Secretary, Home Deptt., Secretariat, Hyderabad. ...RESPONDENTS 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 an order, direction or writ, more particularly one in the nature of writ of habeas corpus declaring that the action of the respondents in keeping in their custody for more than two weeks without the authority of the law the petitioner's associates, namely (1) Chennuri Krishna S/o. Chalamaiah, aged about 32 years, r/o. Manikyaram (V), Yellandu Mandal, (2) Gangadhara Bhaskar S/o. Ramalingaiah, aged about 26 years r/o. Bodu (V), Tekulapalli Mandal and (3) Resu Subhash Chandra Bose s/o. Veeraswamy aged about 30 years,r/o D.No. 3-2-30, Kalasi Basthi, Yellandu, is illegal, and further directing them to forthwith the said detenus before this Hon'ble Court and set them at liberty, and pass such other order or orders Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.BALAGOPAL Counsel for the Respondents: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court at the stage of admission made the following : ORDER: (Per Sri BN.J) In the counter affidavit filed by the Sub-Inspector of Police, Yellandu Police Station, Khammam it is stated that the detenus were not needed in any case but the learned counsel for the petitioner maintains that the detenus were in custody from 8.1.2005 till 27.1.2005 and when the present writ petition was filed, they were released. In any case, at present, the detenus are not in custody and therefore we do not intend to pass any further orders. However, the petitioner is at liberty to seek remedies if he still feels aggrieved on account of the alleged detention of the detenus from 8.1.2005 to 27.1.2005 The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No costs. (BILAL NAZKI,J) dated 07.02.2005 (YETHIRAJULU,J) msv. To 1 The Station House Officer, Yellandu P.S., Khammam District. 2 The Inspector of Police Yellandu Circle, Yellandu, Khammam District. 3 The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Yellandu Circle, Yellaandu, Khammam. 4 The Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, State of A.P Hyderabad. 5 2 CCs to the Advocate General, High Court of A.P Hyderabad 6 2 CD copies