IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M.C.HARI RANI WEDNESDAY, THE 16TH JULY 2008 / 25TH ASHADHA 1930 WP(C).No. 20108 of 2008(R) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ THAJUDEEN, S/O.ABDUL AZEEZ, AGED 37 YEARS, NAUSHAD MANZIL (PUTHEN VEETTIL THARA) T.K.M.C. P.O., KOLLAM. BY ADV. SRI.DILEEP P.PILLAI SMT.PRIYA SHANAVAS RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KILIKOLLOOR POLICE STATION, KILIKOLLOOR, KOLLAM. 2. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOLLAM EAST POLICE STATION, KOLLAM. BY SR.GOVT. PLEADER SRI.BENJAMIN PAUL. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & M.C.HARI RANI, JJ. ----------------------------------------- W.P.(C) NO. 20108 OF 2008-R ----------------------------------------- Dated 16th July, 2008. JUDGMENT Balakrishnan Nair, J. The petitioner is engaged in the business of manufacture and sale of wooden furniture. Two of his workers M/s.Sajith and Siddique have stolen certain machineries worth Rs.50,000/- from his workshop on 11.5.2008. So, he referred a complaint before the 1st respondent Sub Inspector of Police against them. While so, a third party contacted the petitioner on behalf of the said two workmen and they paid Rs.20,000/- to him and agreed to pay the balance within two weeks. In the meantime, on 26.5.2008, two Police Constables attached to the office of the 1st respondent contacted the petitioner and asked him to be present before the said respondent on 27.5.2008. When the petitioner appeared on that date, he was pressurized by the S.I of Police to withdraw his complaint against the said workmen, it is submitted. The petitioner even apprehended that to pressurize him, he may be made an accused in some criminal case and therefore, he was WPC 20108/2008 2 constrained to move the Sessions Court for anticipatory bail. The said petition was closed by Ext.P1 order, recording the statement of the police that there is no case against the petitioner. Again, the harassment continued. It is unnecessary to narrate all those facts. Being fed up with the harassment from the hands of the police, this writ petition is filed. 2. The learned Government Pleader, upon instructions, submitted that the uncle of the absconding workmen, who committed the theft, paid Rs.20,000/- to the petitioner, on behalf of those workmen. Later, the said person filed a complaint before the police to get back the said amount. In connection with the enquiry into that petition, the petitioner was summoned. The learned Government Pleader submits that the petitioner is not an accused in any case and the police do not propose to summon him any more in connection with the above matter. This submission is recorded and the Writ Petition is closed. K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, JUDGE. M.C.HARI RANI, JUDGE. Nm/