IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.V. SEETHAPATHY WRIT PETITION NO : 27531 of 2008 Between: Babulal Prajapathi, S/o. Sri Mugnaramji, R/o. Naveennagar, Yousufguda, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Station House Officer, Vanasthalipuram, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Police, Basheerbagh, A.P., Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that for the reasons stated in the "Telegram" dated 09-12-2008 sent by the Petitioner herein, this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue an Order, direction, or a Writ, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Habeas Corpus directing the Respondents herein to produce the Petitioner's clerk, namely Parasuram, S/o. Gavarramji, before this Hon'ble Court, who was illegally detained since 04-12- 2008 by the police i.e. Circle Inspector, namely Madhumohan Reddy along with S.I. Lakshman Naik demanding the Petitioner to surrender 30 grams of Gold and threatening to implicate false cases upon the Petitioner of not surrender the gold and to pass such other or further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: TELEGRAM Counsel for the Respondents: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following : ORDER: (per Sri A. Gopal Reddy, J) This is a taken up writ petition on the basis of telegram dated 09- 12-2008 sent by the petitioner to the Hon’ble the Chief Justice alleging that his clerk namely Parasuram, son of Gavarramji has been illegally detained by the police since 04-12-2008 and demanding the petitioner to surrender 30 grams of gold by asserting threats that he will be implicated in false case. On issuing notice, the Inspector of Police, Vanasthalipuram Police Station, the 1st respondent herein filed an affidavit stating that he visited the house of the alleged detenue and brought him to the police station for enquiry in connection with Crime No. 136 of 2008 and after he was examined with regard to the stolen property in the above crime, he was let off on the same day and that he is moving freely. On receipt of the information of filing of the above writ petition, the police produced the alleged detenue before the Mandal Executive Magistrate, Hayathnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District who recorded the statement of the alleged detenue, wherein he has stated that he was taken to the police station for enquiry and was released in the evening at about 4.30 PM and since then he is moving freely. In view of the above statement made by the alleged detenue before the Mandal Executive Magistrate that he is moving freely, no further cause survives for adjudication in the writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. A.GOPAL REDDY, J G.V.SEETHAPATHY, J 31-12-2008 ks