IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 2433 of 2009 Between: Battina Bujji Babu S/o. David R/o. Kakileru Village, Iragavaram Mandal, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintendant of Police West Godavari Dist. at Eluru. 2 The Circle Inspector of Police Penugonda Penugonda Mandal, West Godavari Dist. 3 The Station House Officer Iragavaram P.S. Iragavaram Mandal, West Godavari Dist. .....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 appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents 2 and 3 in harassing and interfering with the petitioner day to day affairs by calling the petitioner to the police station as illegal, arbitrary and unjust and also in violation of fundamental rights guaranteed under Art.14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and Consequently direct the 2nd and 3rd respondents Police not to call the petitioner to their police station and interfere with the life and personal liberty of the petitioner in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.VENKATESH Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioner complaining about the harassment being made by the police, the respondents herein, by threatening him to reveal the whereabouts of his neighbour, who is the accused in Crime No.111 of 2008 on the file of the 3rd respondent police station. Pursuant to the notice issued by this Court on 11.2.2009, the 2nd respondent herein has filed a counter affidavit stating that on the complaint given by one Ms.Kandelli Padma, the Station House officer, Iragavaram Police Station, the 3rd respondent herein registered a case in Crime No.111 of 2008 under Sections 376 and 420 IPC and started investigation and during the course of investigation, the complainant and 9 other witnesses including the petitioner hereinwere examined and their statements were recorded under Section 161 Cr.P.C. It is also stated that all the witnesses corroborated the facts stated in the FIR. Since the date of commission of offence, accused 1 and 2 were absconding and as the complainant approached the police and stated that the petitioner herein knows about the whereabouts of the accused and requested for summoning the petitioner to reveal the whereabouts of the accused, the petitioner approached this Court by filing the present writ petition. It is further stated that the petitioner was summoned to the police station only as a witness to the incident and that too for the purpose of investigation. In view of the above counter averments, no further orders are required and the writ petition is closed. N.V.RAMANA,J DT.20.2.2009 msv