IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 24714 of 2007 Between: 1 Suraram Malla Reddy S/o. Late S.Kishta Reddy Door No. 2-42, Nanakramguda Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 2 Suraram Gopal Reddy S/o. S. Malla Reddy, Door No. 2-42, Nanakramguda Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 3 Suraram Jaganmohan Reddy S/o. S.Malla Reddy, Door No. 2-42, Nanakramguda Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 4 Suraram Ramakrishna Reddy S/o. S.Malla Reddy Door No. 2-42, Nanakramguda Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Station House Officer, P.S. Nanakramguda, Ranga Reddy 2 Superintendent of Police, Ranga Reddy District. 3 M. Satyanarayana RajuS/o.M.S. Raju 4 M.Krishnam Raju S/o. Seetharama Raju 5 G.V. Vishwanadha RajuS/o. G. Ramaraju. All are having their Office at No. 201, II nd Floor, Krishna Apartments, Road No.1, K.P.H.B. Colony, Kukatpally, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners: MR V.M.M.CHARY For MR.S.NIRANJAN REDDY Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 & 2: AGP FOR HOME Counsel for Respondent Nos.3 to 5: MRS. P. RADHIKA. The Court made the following : ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.1, in interfering with the constitutional rights of the petitioners by threatening and harassing them, as arbitrary and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The petitioners sought for a direction to respondent Nos.1 and 2 not to subject them to harassment by implicating in false cases. Heard Sri V.M.M.Chary, learned Counsel representing Sri S.Niranjan Reddy, learned Counsel for the petitioners, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home appearing for respondent Nos.1 and 2, and Smt.P.Radhika, learned Counsel for respondent Nos.3 to 5. A perusal of the averments contained in the affidavit shows that there are disputes between the petitioners on the one side and respondent Nos.3 to 5 on the other, in connection with sale of property admeasuring Ac.3.00 in Survey Nos.29 and 30 situated at Nanakramguda, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. Respondent Nos.3 to 5 filed O.S.No.875 of 2007 on the file of the Principal District Judge, Ranga Reddy District, against the petitioners and the petitioners are contesting the said suit. The petitioners alleged that the said respondents approached respondent No.1, who in turn made several phone calls to the petitioners summoning them to the Police Station, and when the petitioners went to the Police Station, respondent No.1 demanded them to pay back the advance amount to respondent Nos.3 to 5, and when the petitioners refused to meet the said demand on the ground that a suit is already pending, the respondents threatened that a criminal case will be lodged against them. In the counter-affidavit filed by the Sub- Inspector of Police, Raidurgam Police Station, Cyberabad Commissionerate, the allegations made by the petitioners are denied. It is mentioned that there is no criminal case registered against the petitioners, and the police are not interfering with their personal life and liberty. Having regard to the stand taken by respondent No.1 in the above-mentioned counter-affidavit, the Writ Petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.1 not to interfere with the personal liberty of the petitioners, in connection with the civil disputes between them and respondent Nos.3 to 5. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No. 32185 of 2007 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 25-04-2008 LUR