IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2934 of 2008 Between: C.P. Sukhlecha, Vice-President, M/s. Amod Spuntex Pvt., Ltd., Mumbai. … Petitioner AND The Superintendent of Police, Guntur District, Guntur & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri K. Suresh Reddy Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Home This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2934 of 2008 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in investigating into Crime No.5 of 2008 of Chebrolu police station, Guntur, as illegal and arbitrary. In the counter-affidavit filed by the Inspector of Police, Tsundur Circle, Guntur District, it is averred as under: “I respectfully submit that during the course of investigation, I being the Investigation officer examined the complainant and recorded his detailed statement on 07.02.2008. For the purpose of investigation, I requested the complainant/petitioner to produce the records and documents and he informed that he will submit them in due course. Investigation is still pending. Necessary action will be taken against the accused in the FIR depending on the evidence adduced during the course of investigation. I assure this Hon’ble Court that I will complete the investigation as expeditiously as possible and file an appropriate report/charge sheet before the concerned Hon’ble Court. No prima facie case is made out so far to prove the guilt of the accused. I respectfully submit that the allegation of the petitioner that though the crime was registered one month back, the police have not even made a search and seizure of the records and the material in the mill is false and hence denied. The allegation of the petitioner that the Managing Director of Jayalakshmi Mills is the local Member of Parliament and that his son is the Chief Executive of the said mill and they are highly influential due to which the respondents are not investigating into the case is false and invented for the purpose of filing the writ petition. I submit that investigation is going on in all angles and the intention of the petitioner in filing the present writ petition is to pressurize the police. All the other allegations made in the affidavit against the respondents are false and the same are denied.” In view of the above-reproduced contents of the counter- affidavit in which respondent No.2 specifically undertook to complete the investigation as early as possible, no further orders are required to be passed. If the investigation is not completed within a reasonable time, the petitioner shall be free to approach the jurisdictional Magistrate seeking appropriate directions to the respondents for filing a report under Section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Subject to the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.3806 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is dismissed. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 17.03.2008 ES