HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No. 9784 OF 2011. DATED 11th April, 2011 BETWEEN Ittem Papireddy …Petitioner And The Station House Officer, Vangoor (M), Police Station, Mahaboobnagar District and ors ….Respondents. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No. 9784 OF 2011. ORDER: By way of the present writ petition, the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondents not to call him to police station frequently pursuant to the registration of FIR No.34 of 2011 on the file of the Vangoor Police Station, Mahaboobnagar District. The learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that a crime pertaining to theft of money had taken place in the petitioner’s brother house on 25.2.2011, in which initially they did not mention the name of the petitioner to the police and even the police also did not refer the name of the petitioner in the FIR registered in regard thereto. The learned Counsel for the petitioner further points out that even though the petitioner is not at all connected with the subject theft and his name does not find place in the FIR, he is being called to police station on day-to-day basis and harassed mentally and physically by the police. He, therefore, prays that the respondents be restrained from calling the petitioner to police station in respect of the subject theft. The learned Assistant Government for Home, upon telephone instructions from the respondents, submits that the brother of the petitioner mentioned the name of the petitioner in the statement recorded under Section 161 Cr.P.C. and the petitioner is thus prima faice an accused of committing theft in his brother’s house and therefore, it is expedient to call the petitioner to police station as and when necessary to investigate into the subject theft. After hearing the learned Counsel appearing for the parties, it is clear that the petitioner has already been called to the police station on number of times. However, in case the petitioner is needed for further investigation of the subject theft, this Court cannot stop the proper and effective investigation being conducted by the respondent police to find out the real culprits, which is the prerogative of the police. Needless to state, the respondent police are restrained from using third degree measures or manhandling against the petitioner for extracting confession of the alleged theft. The Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. There shall be no order as to costs. ------------------------------------ -- JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA Dated 11th April, 2011. Msnro