IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V.AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No. 30203 OF 2010 Between: P.Lashmi ..... Petitioner AND The Station House Officer, Sircilla (Rural) P.S., Karimnagar District, Rep. by its Sub-Inspector of Police, and others .....Respondents The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (per THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH) The mother of the alleged detenu filed this writ of habeas corpus seeking a direction to the respondents to produce her son P.Ravi, aged 12 years, alleging that he has been in illegal custody since 15.11.2010 without producing him before the concerned Magistrate. The second respondent filed counter affidavit stating that the detenu is accused No.1 in Cr. No. 396 of 2010 for the offence under Sec.379 IPC of Sircilla Town Police Station, Karimnagar district, which was registered on 4.12.2010 on the complaint of one Mr. Shaik Yousuf and in connection of the said crime, the detenu was arrested on 4.12.2010 and produced before the Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class-cum-Juvenile Court, Karimnagar on 5.12.2010 and he being a minor, was sent to the Juvenile Home at Warangal. All other allegation that he was taken into illegal custody on 15.11.2010 and his arrest was shown only after filing the habeas corpus writ petition are denied. As the alleged detenu was produced before the Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Karimnagar on 5.12.2010 and he being a minor boy, was sent to Juvenile Home at Warangal, it cannot be said that the alleged detenu was in illegal custody of the respondents. Consequently, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. ________________ Justice V.Eswaraiah _______________________ Justice Vilas V.Afzulpurkar December 10, 2010 MAS