IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R. KANTHA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 27834 of 2008 Between: Thota Sriram Murthy, S/o. Suryanarayana, R/o. Narayanapeta, Amalapuram, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Station House Officer, Amalapuram Town Police Station, Amalapuram, East Godavari District. 2 The Superintendent of Police, East Godavari District. 3 The District Collector, East Godavari District. 4 The Prl. Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 5 The Director General of Police, D.G.P. Office, Hyderabad. .....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 For the reasons stated in the "Telegram" dated 17-12- 2008 sent by the Petitioner herein, this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue an Order, direction, or a Writ, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to call for the records and remarks from the Respondents herein in and connected to (i) kidnapping of Petitioner's daughter Ms. Durga Bhavani by Mr. J.D. Prasad and two others on 09.12.2008; (ii) action on the report given by Petitioner to the 1st Respondent; and this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to probe into the matter and take necessary steps to trace out the Petitioner's daughter and punish the accused and hand over her to the Petitioner and to pass such other or further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: TELEGRAM Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy) The telegram, dated 17.12.2008, sent by the petitioner to the Hon’ble the Chief Justice, complaining inaction on the part of the respondents/police on the complaint lodged by him alleging kidnap of his daughter, namely, Ms. Durga Bhavani by Mr. J.D. Prasad and two others on 9.12.2008, was taken up as writ petition and issued notices to the respondents. In response to the notice, the Sub-Inspector of Police, Amalapuram Town Police Station, East Godavari District, the first respondent herein, filed counter affidavit stating that on the complaint lodged by the petitioner on 14.12.2008 stating that his daughter, namely Durga Bhavani, aged about 16 years is missing, a case in Crime No.223 of 2008 was registered under the head of “Girl Missing” and took up investigation. During the course of investigation, the investigation officer examined five witnesses and recorded their statements under Section 161 Cr.P.C. and flashed a radio message to all the police stations in the District apart from sending a ‘look out’ notice to the DCRB, Kakinada. The investigation further reveals that the missing girl is aged about 18 years as per the ration card issued on 19.04.2008 and 19 years as per her SSC certificate. Since the petitioner suspected involvement of Mr. J.D. Prasad @ Jalli Durga Prasad, the police secured the presence of said J.D. Prasad and examined him and recorded his detailed statement, in which J.D. Prasad denied kidnapping of the petitioner’s daughter. The petitioner also filed a similar petition before the Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission, Hyderabad, which directed the Superintendent of Police, Kakinada to file a detailed report. Accordingly a detailed report was also filed before the Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission and the same is pending adjudication. Since the police are taking all possible steps to compete the investigation on the complaint lodged by the petitioner, no further adjudication is called for in the writ petition, except directing the police to complete the investigation within a period of three months and file appropriate report before the competent Court having jurisdiction, while furnishing a copy of the report to the petitioner. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. ___________________ (A.GOPAL REDDY, J.) _________________ (R. KANTHA RAO, J.) 20th January, 2009 Js.