IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M.C.HARI RANI FRIDAY, THE 18TH JULY 2008 / 27TH ASHADHA 1930 WP(C).No. 21045 of 2008(E) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ C. SHEEBA, D/O.SRI.GOPINATHAN, CHANDRIKA NIVAS, PACHALLOOR.P.O, TRIVANDRUM. BY ADV. SRI.SANTHAN V.NAIR RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, TRIVANDRUM. 2. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, PEROORKADA POLICE STATION, PEROORKADA, TRIVANDRUM, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. 3. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE,PEROORKADA POLICE STATION, PEROORKADA, TRIVANDRUM, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. BY SR.GOVT. PLEADER SRI.BENJAMIN PAUL. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & M.C.HARI RANI, JJ. ----------------------------------------- W.P.(C) NO. 21045 OF 2008-E ----------------------------------------- Dated 18th July, 2008. JUDGMENT Balakrishnan Nair, J. The petitioner is running a body slimming centre in the name and style “Shape” in the first and second floor of Gopala Vilas, which is a building at Sasthamangalam, Thiruvananthapuran. Her husband Mr..Krishnan Gurukal is running an ayurvedic clinic in the ground floor of that building. The Peroorkada police have registered Crime No.148/2008 against the petitioner's husband and his employees for the offences under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act. The petitioner submits, she has no involvement in the business run by her husband. But, the police are incessantly harassing her. The police are following the petitioner and her daughter wherever they go. Even the functioning of her business establishment is stopped. They are knocking at odd hours at the doors of the petitioner. Feeling aggrieved by the harassment from the part of the police officials, this writ petition is filed, seeking appropriate reliefs. WPC 21045/08 2 2. The learned Government Pleader, upon instructions, submitted that the petitioner's husband is the first accused in Crime no.148/2008 of Peroorkada Police Station mentioned above. He is absconding. So, to trace him and apprehend him, the police are occasionally visiting the residential building as well as the business premises of the petitioner. The police are bound to keep surveillance over the places where the petitioner's husband is likely to come. The official respondents further point out that they have no intention to harass the petitioner. They are only investigating a crime and they will do it in accordance with law. This submission is recorded and the Writ Petition is disposed of. If the presence of the petitioner is required in connection with the investigation of the crime, the police shall serve notice on her under Section 160 of the Cr.P.C. K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, JUDGE. M.C.HARI RANI, JUDGE. Nm/