IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R. KANTHA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 205 of 2009 Between: Hanumaiah, S/o. Pentaiah, R/o. Etigaddampur, Kulcharam Mandal, Medak District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Station House Officer, Kulcharam Police Station, Medak District. 2 The Superintendent of Police, Medak District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that for the reasons stated in the "Telegram" dated 01-01-2009 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 Talari Pochaiah, S/o. Pochaiah, before this Hon'ble Court, who is illegally detained since 18 days by the police, Kulcharam Police Station, Medak, and complaint also given to Superintendent of Police, Medak; and apprehending danger to his life and set him at liberty forthwith 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 for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus directing the respondents to produce Talari Pochaiah on the basis of the telegram sent by the petitioner on 01-01-2009 to the Hon’ble the Chief Justice. In response to notice, the Sub-Inspector of Police, Kulcharam Police Station filed an affidavit stating that on the complaint given by one Chiluka Narayana of Etigadda Mandapur Village of Kulcharam Mandal, a case in Crime No. 129 of 2008 for the offences under Sections 457 and 380 IPC has been registered against the alleged detenue on 30-12-2008 and in connection with the said crime, the police affected the arrest of the alleged detenue on 31-12-2008 and recovered the crime property from his possession under the cover of confession-cum-recovery panchanama. The confessional statement of the alleged detenue further discloses that he committed the offence pertaining to Crime No. 85 of 2008 for the offences under Sections 457 and 380 IPC of Kulcharam Police Station. Accordingly, the alleged detenue was produced before the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Medak for his remand on 31-12-2008 along with the charge sheet and the learned Magistrate remanded him to judicial custody. Pursuant to the same, he is now lodged in Sub-Jail, Medak. Since the alleged detenue who is involved in a crime was arrested and remanded to judicial custody by obtaining a lawful order from the competent Court, we do not see any merit in the allegation of the petitioner that the alleged detenue has been illegally detained by the police. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. A.GOPAL REDDY, J R. KANTHA RAO, J 28-01-2009 ks