IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY TUESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND TEN WRIT PETITION No.1590 of 2010 Between: Uppada Sridevi. … Petitioner And The Sub-Inspector of Police, Anandpuram Police Station, Visakhapatnam and another. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Smt. N(P) Anjana Devi. Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Home. This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in registering FIR on the reports given by the petitioner to respondent No.1 on 16-1-2010 and respondent No.2 on 18-1-2010, as illegal and arbitrary. I have heard Smt.N(P) Anjana Devi, learned counsel for the petitioner; and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. The grievance of the petitioner is that though her husband has died under suspicious circumstances and inspite of her giving two separate reports to the respondents, no action has been taken to register and investigate the crime. In the counter-affidavit filed by respondent No.2 it is, inter alia, stated that on the contents of the report of the petitioner, Crime No.31 of 2010 was registered under Section 174 Cr.P.C (suspicious death) on 22-2- 2010; that in the post-mortem certificate it was opined that the husband of the petitioner has died due to “LIVER FAILURE DUE TO CIRRHOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH COLLAPSED APICAL LOBES OR BOTH LUNGS – A natural cause of death”; that after obtaining the permission from the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Madhurawada Sub-Division, Visakhapatnam, the petitioner’s complaint was closed; and that a notice to this effect was served to the petitioner. In view of the above stand taken in the counter- affidavit, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that her client may be permitted to file a private complaint. As this request of the learned counsel appears to be fair and reasonable, the same is accepted and the Writ Petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file a private complaint. ---------------------------------------- - C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:03-8-2010 MNR