THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.12541 of 2010 Date:19.07.2010 Between: K. Madhusudhan Reddy and another. ..... Petitioners AND The Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad, and others. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr. D. Bhaskar Reddy Counsel for Respondents: Assistant Government Pleader for Home The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of respondents in calling the petitioners to Police Station without registering any crime as illegal and arbitrary. Petitioner No.1 is the nephew of petitioner No.2. Petitioner No.1 appeared to have developed acquaintance with a girl, by name, R. Latha, an M.B.A. student of Saleemnagar colony, Malakpet locality. As the proposal of petitioner No.1 and the said girl to marry was turned down by their parents, petitioner No.1 has shifted his residence from Malakpet, Hyderabad, to Karimnagar. As the said girl was found missing, respondent No.3 has registered a case under the head ‘woman missing’. The grievance of the petitioners is that in connection with the said case they are being summoned to the Police Station and harassed though they do not figure as accused. A detailed counter-affidavit is filed by respondent No.3, wherein it is mentioned that on the report lodged by one R. Mahesh, Malakpet Police registered Crime No.144 of 2010 under the head ‘woman missing’ on 19.04.2010 and as there is suspicion against petitioner No.1 in view of the alleged declaration made by the missing girl that she was loving petitioner No.1, enquiries are being made in that direction. It is further stated that the investigation is still pending and that to prevent the Police from causing further investigation, the petitioners have filed the present writ petition. In paragraph 7 of the counter-affidavit, it is stated that the respondents never summoned the petitioners to the Police Station or harassed them. The learned counsel for the petitioners stated that admittedly his clients are not accused in the crime and therefore, Police cannot interfere with their life and personal liberty. As noted above, respondent No.3 has taken the specific stand that except some suspicion about petitioner No.1, neither of the two petitioners is shown as accused in the criminal case. Further, in the light of the stand taken by respondent No.3 that the Police are not interfering with the life and personal liberty of the petitioners, this Writ Petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondents not to interfere with the life and personal liberty of the petitioners except by following due process of law. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.15797 of 2010 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 19th July, 2010 GHN