IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 10577 of 2007 Between: Maddi Perun Devi D/o. Late Narahari R/o.D.No. 33-23-3/1, Allipuram, Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner of Police, Visakhapatnam District, Visakhapatnam. 2 Station House Office, II Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam. 3 Station House Office, III Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in proceeding against the accused in Crime No.580 of 2006 as illegal and arbitrary. The grievance of the petitioner is that one S.Srinivas Reddy and his accomplices, namely, Sekhar and Ravi cheated the petitioner and her sister by taking away the title deed and general power of attorney relating to a valuable property covered by registered sale deed, dated 18.05.1992. Her grievance is that though respondent No.2 registered Crime No.580 of 2006 under Sections 420 and 120-B IPC on the complaint given by the petitioner, he has not been proceeding with the investigation and taking action against the culprits. In the counter affidavit filed by the Sub-Inspector of Police, II Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam City, the details of investigation have been narrated. It is mentioned therein that on 27.06.2007 and 28.06.2007, A.1 and A.2 respectively were arrested and kept in Central Jail. It is further stated that the wife of A.1 and remaining accused, namely, Srinivas Reddy, Ravi and Sekhar are yet to be arrested, for which, they have been making sincere efforts. In paragraph 9, it is specifically averred that the petitioner is not cooperating with the investigation and she has not been giving relevant information regarding threatening calls. In the additional counter affidavit filed by respondent No.2, it is averred that he filed memo, dated 09.07.2007 before the learned II Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam for granting permission to take the specimen signatures and handwritings of the accused for being sent for comparison to the handwriting expert at Forensic Science Laboratory, Hyderabad with the disputed documents; that sample signatures of arrested accused (A.1 and A.2) were obtained on 24.07.2007 and a memo was filed before the said Court for sending the same to Forensic Science Laboratory. It is further stated that during the course of investigation, enquiries were made about A.3, A.4 and A.5 whose whereabouts are not known and all possible steps are being taken to arrest the remaining accused and file appropriate report/charge sheet at the earliest. Having regard to the contents of the additional counter affidavit, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.2 to file appropriate report/charge sheet before the jurisdictional Magistrate within a period of six (6) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. To enable respondent No.2 to complete the investigation and file appropriate report/charge sheet, the petitioner shall appear before respondent No.2 as and when a notice is issued to her. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.13315 of 2007 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 17th APRIL, 2008 kvni