HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.32279 of 2010 Date : 18.01.2011 Between : Teki Viswambara Rao & others. …..Petitioners And The Superintendent of Police, Srikakulam District & others. …..Respondents HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.32279 of 2010 ORDER : In this writ petition, the petitioners seek for directions by way of Mandamus, declaring the action of respondents in interfering with their personal liberty by summoning them to the Police Station without following due process of law, as illegal and arbitrary. It is the case of petitioners that though no case is registered against them, respondents are summoning them to the Police Station time and again and they are interfering with their life and liberty. It is submitted that in the absence of registration of any crime, there is no reason or justification for calling them to the Police Station. On instructions sent by the Sub-Inspector of Police, Rajam Police Station, Srikakulam District, it is submitted by the learned Government Pleader for Home, that there was a complaint lodged by one Sri A.Narayana Murthy on 20th of December 2006, basing on which, a case is registered in Crime No.198/2006 for the offence under Section 3(1)(x) of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prohibition of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against one Teki Suresh Kumar, who is the son of the 1st petitioner. It is submitted that such person is accused in the aforesaid crime, but is absconding. Further, it is submitted that there is no interference with the liberty of petitioners, as no cases are registered against them. If any case is registered against the son of the 1st petitioner, it is open to the Police to investigate into the same, but at the same time, there is no reason either to summon or interrogate the petitioners. As it is submitted that no case is registered against the petitioners, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition, directing the respondents not to summon them to the Police Station or interfere with their life and liberty. At the same time, it is made clear that it is open to the respondents to take steps to complete the investigation in Crime No.198/2006, in accordance with law, if not already completed. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 18th January 2011 ajr