IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No: 24615 of 2005 BETWEEN: Namana Prasada Rao, S/o. Subbaiah, Bapatla Mandal, Guntur District. ... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintendent of Police, Guntur District, Guntur. 2 Inspector of Police, Taluk Police Station, Bapatla, Guntur District. 3 S.I. of Police, Taluk Police Station, Bapatla, Guntur 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 may be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or order or direction declaring the inaction of the respondents in not investigating into Cr.No.43/2005 of Taluk Police Station, Bapatla, Guntur District as arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional and direct the respondents to proceed with investigation into the case forthwith. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.SURESHREDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: ORDER: None appears. 2. The only grievance of the petitioner is that the third respondent is not investigating the case in Cr.No.43 of 2005 of Taluk Police Station, Bapatla, Guntur District as expeditiously as possible as contemplated under the Code of Criminal Procedure. 3. The respondents have not filed any counter. 4. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the Station House Officer, Taluk Police Station, Bapatla, Guntur District is directed to expedite the investigation in Cr.No.43 of 2005 dated 17.07.2005 for the offence under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, if not already completed, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J July 3, 2008 DSK