IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.CHANDRA KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 1748 of 2009 Between: Sk. Samadani, R/o. Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Station House Officer, L & O, I Town Police Station, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 2 The Superintendent of Police, Krishna District. 3 The Superintendent of Police, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that For the reasons stated in the "Telegram" dated 30-01-2009 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 Habeas Corpus directing the Respondents herein to produce the Petitioner's brother's son, namely Shaik Karimullah, S/o. late Farred, aged 35 years, R/o. Door No. 14-2-145, 2nd Lane, 2nd Cross Road, Pothurivarithota, Guntur, before this Hon'ble Court, who is illegally detained since 18-01-2009 by the police, L & O, I Town Police Station, Vijayawada, apprehending danger to his life and set him at liberty forthwith 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: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following : ORDER: (per Sri A. Gopal Reddy, J) This is a taken up writ petition for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus on the basis of telegram dated 30-01-2009 sent by the petitioner to the Hon’ble the Chief Justice alleging that his brother namely Shaik Karimullah has been illegally detained by the police, Law and Order, I Town Police Station, Vijayawada from 18-01-2009 and he apprehends danger to his life. In response to notice, the Sub-Inspector of Police, I Town Law and Order Police Station, Vijayawada filed an affidavit stating that the alleged detenu is an accused in Crime No. 61 of 2009 registered on 24-01-2008 for the offences under Sections 406, 472 and 420 IPC basing on the complaint given by one Dola Anthony Kumar of Vijayawada. The alleged detenu was arrested in connection with the said crime on 07-02-2009 and was produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada on 08-02-2009. On such production, the learned Magistrate remanded him to judicial custody and pursuant to the remand order, he is now lodged at District Jail, Vijayawada. When the alleged detenu was produced before the learned Magistrate seeking judicial remand, he has not made any complaint about the illegal detention and since he has been detained pursuant to the remand order passed by the learned Magistrate, we do not see any merit in the contents of the telegram that the alleged detenu has been illegally detained by the police. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. A. GOPAL REDDY, J B. CHANDRA KUMAR, J 18-02-2009 ks