IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.11807 of 2007 Between: Syed Munawwaruddin … Petitioner And The Govt., of A.P., rep., by its Home Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad & another. … Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: None Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Home The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.11807 of 2007 ORDER: The petitioner, who is a resident of Mallepally of Old City of Hyderabad, filed the present writ petition complaining of invasion of his life and personal liberty by respondent No.2 without following due process of law. According to the petitioner, respondent No.2 has been harassing him on one pretext or the other by calling him to the police station during odd hours and coercing him to become police informer. The petitioner gave instances of respondent No.2 visiting his house on 04.05.2007 and 08.05.2007 along with 30 to 40 policemen and warned his family members that the petitioner will be eliminated by the police one day or the other. The petitioner therefore expressed apprehension of threat to his life. Respondent No.2 filed a counter affidavit, wherein it is inter alia stated that the petitioner is of a notorious character and that he is letting loose a reign of terror in the area where he is living with his criminal activities along with his associates disturbing peace and tranquility. In his counter, respondent No.2 has enumerated as many as 11 criminal cases, which are registered and pending against the petitioner. It is further stated that as the petitioner’s criminal activities have been affecting public peace and tranquility, police opened a rowdy sheet against him on 04.06.2001, which was transferred to Habeebnagar police station within whose area the petitioner is residing. Respondent No.2 denied the allegation of the petitioner that for the past 1 ½ years he was not involved in any criminal case. It is stated that during the said period, the petitioner committed as many as 3 crimes of extortion, apart from two other serious offences of rioting and murder. It is further stated that the petitioner is residing adjacent to Mecca Masjid, a famous mosque and that as a practice the police have been organizing foot patrolling with a section of police personnel comprising 12 men and officers as a preventive measure to build up confidence among the public to show visible policing whenever there is a breakdown of law and order in the city. It is also stated that the petitioner has not been staying at the address given in the writ petition and that his mother has not been revealing the whereabouts of the petitioner. It is also stated that the Habeebnagar police station limits are communally very sensitive and as per the instructions of the higher officials and as a strategy to prevent communal incidents regular foot patrolling, surprise vehicle checking especially during evenings and nights are organized by Habeebnagar police and these measures are being deliberately misrepresented by the petitioner. No reply affidavit is filed controverting the above averments contained in the counter affidavit. In view of the position explained by respondent No.2 in his counter affidavit, I am not convinced with the plea raised by the petitioner that police have been unduly interfering with his life and personal liberty. The petitioner being a rowdy sheeter and accused in a number of criminal cases, some of which are serious in nature, the police cannot be restrained from dealing with the petitioner to meet the exigencies of the situation in accordance with law. For the abovementioned reasons, the writ petition fails and is accordingly dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.14673 of 2007 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also dismissed. __________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 18.06.2010. ES