IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTIETH 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 : 29025 of 2008 Between: Kunchala Srivani D/. Late Satyanarayana Reddy H.No. Kesavaram Sivaru Rajanagaram Payakaraopet Mandal Visakhapatnam District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Director General of Police Lakadi-ka-pool, Hyderabad 2 The Superintendent of Police Visakhapatnam District 3 The Circle Inspector of Police Nakkapalli Circle, Nakkalapalli 4 The SHO-cum-Sub-Inspector of Police Payakaraopet Police Station, Visakhapatnam District 5 Garikina Chittemma W/o. Annavaram R/o. Rajanagaram, Payakaraopet Mandal Visakhapatnam District 6 Kda Neelamma W/o. Tata Rao R/o. Rajanagaram, Payakaraopet Mandal Visakhapatnam District 7 Koda Yerramma W/.o. Yerraiah R/o. Rajanagaram, Payakaraopet Mandal Visakhapatnam District .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Habeas Corpus directing the respondents No.1to 4 to produce the detenue namely Smt Kunchala Siva W/o. Satyanarayana Reddy aged 35 years Rajanagaram Payakaraopet(M) Visakhapatnam District before this Hon'ble Court to record her Statement and to set her at liberty and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: B.V.S.S.B.K. Ranjit Counsel for the Respondents 1 to 4: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following : ORDER: (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy) This writ petition is filed for issuance of Writ of Habeas Corpus directing respondent Nos.1 to 4 to produce the alleged detenue namely, Smt. Kunchala Siva W/o. Satyanarayana Reddy. In response to the notice, the Sub-Inspector of Police, Payakaraopet, the fourth respondent herein, filed counter affidavit stating that on the complaint filed by the petitioner alleging that her mother has been missing for the last 20 days, a case in Crime No.5 of 2009 under the head “Woman Missing” has been registered and investigated into. The investigation reveals that the alleged detenue had an illegal contact with the husband of the sixth respondent, against whom a case in Crime No.110 of 2008 for the offences punishable under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act was registered, and in connection with the said crime he was arrested on 10.12.2008 and later he was enlarged on bail. After such enlargement, the husband of the sixth respondent escaped along with the alleged detenue from the village and their whereabouts are not known and the police are taking all possible steps to complete the investigation. The fact that the police are taking all possible steps to complete the investigation in Crime No.5 of 2009 as well as Crime No.110 of 2008 and will file appropriate report before the competent Court, belies the contention of the petitioner that the police, in spite of registering the crime, are not evincing interest in tracing out the alleged detenue. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. However, the police are directed to complete the investigation and file report before the competent Court having jurisdiction within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, while furnishing a copy of the report to the petitioner. ___________________ (A.GOPAL REDDY, J.) _________________ (R. KANTHA RAO, J.) 20th January, 2009 Js.