THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22096 of 2009 Date:21.07.2010 Between: Sayed Rasool Badusha. ..... Petitioner AND The Superintendent of Police, Kakinada, and others. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr. C. Vamsi Krishna Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 3: Assistant Government Pleader for Home Counsel for Respondent Nos.5 and 6: Mr. A. Najeeb Khan Counsel for Respondent No.4: -- The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to direct respondent Nos.1 to 3 to take action against respondent Nos.4 to 6 by duly registering the crime under Section 154 of Cr.P.C. In the view this Court is proposing to take, it is not necessary to narrate the facts in detail. It will suffice to note that the grievance of the petitioner is that though he has lodged a report against respondent Nos.4 to 6 for committing theft of jewellery and documents, respondent No.3 has not taken any action. In the counter- affidavit filed by respondent No.3, it is inter alia stated that after making a G.D. entry on receipt of the report from the petitioner, a preliminary investigation was conducted which revealed that the disputes between the petitioner on the one hand and respondent Nos.4 to 6 on the other are purely civil in nature and therefore, no criminal case has been registered. In my opinion, if the Police failed to register a criminal case, the petitioner is entitled to approach the jurisdictional Magistrate under Sections 190 and 200 Cr.P.C. Therefore, the Writ Petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to avail the said remedy. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.28697 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 21st July, 2010 GHN