THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.17283 of 2009 DATE:20.08.2009 Between: D. Narayana .. Petitioner and The Station House Officer, Nizamabad Rural Police Station, Nizamabad and others .. Respondents THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.17283 of 2009 ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioner seeking a Writ of Mandamus to declare the inaction on the part of the respondents in investigating into crime No.397 of 2008 on the file of 1st respondent and in arresting the accused in the said crime, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. The case of the petitioner, in brief, is that he has been running a rice mill in the name and style of "M/s. Venkataramana Paddy Processing Industries" at Jangampally Road, Khanapur, Nizamabad since the year 1982. One Mahender Goud and another had purchased land, about one and a half year back, in Sy.No.238 and 239 of Sarangapoor village, and since then they are interfering with his business activities by illegally demanding to give some land to them, in order to lay a passage from the middle of his mill, for which he refused. On that, they bore grudge against him and on 11.12.2008 they demolished the compound wall, which is under construction, of the mill and also attacked him with sticks and iron rods. On the same day, he gave a complaint against them to the Station House Officer, Nizamabad Rural Police Station, Nizamabad - 1st respondent, who in turn, registered the same as a case in Crime No.397 of 2008, for the offences punishable under Sections 448, 324 r/w 34 IPC. As the accused have close nexus with the police, they are insisting him to compromise or withdraw the case, without investigating into the said crime. Aggrieved by the inaction on the part of the respondents, he filed this writ petition. 3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Home. 4. Having considered the submissions made by the counsel, on either side, this Court is of the view that the inaction on the part of the respondents in investigating into the crime No.397 of 2008 is unexpected. When once a crime is registered, a duty is cast upon the police to complete the investigation, at the earliest, and submit a final report before a competent criminal court. If an offence is made out, the police have to file charge sheet before a competent criminal court, and if no offence is made out after investigation, the police have to submit a final report saying that the case is false or a mistake of fact. 5. For the foregoing reasons, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the 1st respondent to complete the investigation into crime No.397 of 2008 and submit a final report before a competent criminal court, within a period of three months, from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 20th August, 2009 Note: Furnish CC by three days. (b/o) cbs THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.17283 of 2009 (Disposed of) 20th August, 2009 Note: Furnish CC by three days. (b/o) cbs