THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.24142 of 2011 ORDER: The relief sought for in this Writ Petition is to declare the action of respondent Nos.1 to 3, in interfering with the civil disputes of the petitioner and respondent No.4 instead of taking action on the petitioner’s complaints dated 21.08.2011 and 23.08.2011, as illegal and arbitrary. A counter affidavit is filed by the Circle Inspector, II Town Police Station, Kurnool (respondent No.3), wherein it is stated that one Sri K.A.Wahid Khan had filed a private complaint before the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kurnool against the petitioner, her husband and one Sri Anwar Hussain alleging that they had broken the lock of his house, and had stolen huge copper utensils and other valuable furniture worth Rs.1.00 lakh, and had caused damage to his house worth Rs.50,000/-. The Magistrate referred the matter to the Station House Officer, II Town Police Station, Kurnool for investigation under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.); a case in Crime No.210 of 2011, under Sections 448, 380, 307 read with 34 IPC, was registered on 19.08.2011; and investigation was taken up thereafter. It is further stated that, investigation is pending and, after the matter is investigated into, a report under Section 173 Cr.P.C. would be filed at the earliest. The third respondent states that, having come to know of lodging the said complaint, the petitioner and her husband had approached the police station, and had lodged a complaint on 24.08.2011 against the complainant in FIR No.210 of 2011 upon which Crime No.215 of 2011 had been registered. Since the petitioner’s complaint, and that of Sri K.A.Wahid Khan, has already been registered, and is pending investigation, it cannot be said that the action of the respondents in calling the petitioner for investigation amounts to interference in the civil disputes. In view of the averments in the counter affidavit that the complaints filed, both in Crime Nos.210 and 215 of 2011, would be investigated into, I see no reason to delve into the matter further. The Writ Petition fails and is, accordingly, dismissed. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Date:05.09.2011 usd