THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.N. RAO NALLA DATED: 28-10-2011 WRIT PETITION No. 28467 OF 2011 Between: Kumbha Venkaiah ..... PETITIONER AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and eight others .....RESPONDENTS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.N. RAO NALLA WRIT PETITION No. 28467 OF 2011 ORDER: (per Sri A. Gopal Reddy, J) The petitioner who is the brother of the alleged detenue Smt. Meda Lakshmi filed this writ petition seeking a writ of habeas corpus for production of the alleged detenue contending that due to the disputes between the alleged detenue and her husband, the 5th respondent herein, the alleged detenue left the house of the 5th respondent and that her whereabouts are not known. On the complaint lodged by the petitioner before the Mangalagiri Rural Police Station, a case in Crime No.100 of 2011, dated 03-08-2011 under the head ‘woman missing’ has been registered but so far no action has been taken. Hence, the alleged detenue may be produced before the Court and she may be set at liberty forthwith. The 4th respondent – Sub Inspector of Police and Station House Officer, Mangalagiri Rural Police Station, Guntur District filed a counter affidavit stating that on the complaint lodged by the petitioner on 03-08-2011, crime has been registered and that on the same day he examined the petitioner and his father and recorded their statements. It is further stated that he also visited the house of the 5th respondent and as the 5th respondent was not at the house, he examined the neighbours and elders of the village and recorded their statements wherein they stated that the alleged detenue who is the second wife of the 5th respondent insisted the 5th respondent to transfer the properties in her name and as the 5th respondent refused to do so, she left the house stating that she would go to her brother’s house at Hyderabad or to her parents house at Kandalkunta Village of Nakarikallu Mangal, Guntur District. It is also stated that the police made further investigation and enquiries about the missing woman, but they could not get any useful information and that they are making all efforts to trace out the missing woman. Admittedly, even in the complaint lodged by the petitioner before the police, it is not stated that the unofficial respondents illegally confined the alleged detenue. Therefore, issuance of writ of habeas corpus as prayed for by the petitioner is not warranted. However, having regard to the fact that the police have already registered crime and the investigation is stated to be under progress, they are directed to complete the investigation at the earliest and file a report before the jurisdictional Magistrate’s Court with due intimation to the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. A.GOPAL REDDY, J B.N. RAO NALLA, J 28-10-2011 ks