IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION NO : 27967 of 2008 Between: Smt. K.Andalu, W/o. Late Bikshapathi, R/o. Plot No.123, MLR Colony, Balanagar X Roads, Meerpet (V), Saroornagar (M), Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of A.P., Rep by the Director General of Police, Hyderabad. 2 The Station House Officer, L.B.Nagar Police Station, Cyberabad, Hyderabad At L.B.Nagar. 3 The Station House Officer, Isannapet Police Station, Police Station, Guntur City, Guntur District. .....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 issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of habeas corpus directing the respondents to produce the detenue Mr.K.Anil Kumar S/o. Late K.Bikshapathi aged about 25 years, Occ: Private Service, R/o. Plot No.123, MLR Town Ship , Balapur X roads, Meerpet(V), Saroornagar (M), R.R.District either before this Hon'ble Court or before the respective court of law and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.TULASI DAS Counsel for the Respondents: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for issuance of Writ of Habeas Corpus directing the respondents to produce the alleged detenu, namely, K. Anil Kumar, who is the son of the petitioner, alleging that he has been taken into custody by the L.B. Nagar Police on 19.12.2008 when he was found lying on the road in a drunken condition along with the Hero Honda Vehicle, and since then he has been illegally detained by the police. In response to the notice, the Inspector of Police, L.B.Nagar Police Station, the second respondent herein, filed counter affidavit stating that the alleged detenu has been apprehended by the police on 22.12.2008 and he has been produced before the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tiruvuru on 23.12.2008. Pursuant to the remand order passed by the learned Magistrate, the alleged detenu was lodged in Sub-Jail, Tiruvuru. Since the alleged detenu was remanded to judicial custody under a lawful order, we do not see any merit in the allegations made by the petitioner that his son was illegally detained by the police. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed at the admission stage. _____________________ (A.GOPAL REDDY, J.) _____________ (P.S. NARAYANA, J.) 30th December 2008 Js.