IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND TEN PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2974 of 2010 Between: Smt. Vijaya & others. … Petitioners And The Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City, Saifabad, Hyderabad & another. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : Sri V.V. Narasimha Rao Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Home This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2974 of 2010 ORDER:- In this writ petition, the grievance of the petitioners is that respondent No.2 is harassing them by frequently summoning them to police station purporting to investigate into the criminal case pending against the husband of petitioner No.1 and the brother of petitioner Nos.2 and 3. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home submitted that the accused Lakshminarayana, husband of petitioner No.1, was a sub-broker of shares and that a criminal case was registered against him on the complaint given by various customers, who advanced monies to the accused. She further stated that in connection with the investigation into the said crime, the petitioners were summoned to the police station. It is not the case of the respondents that the petitioners are accused in the said criminal case. It is one thing to say that in connection with the investigation, they were summoned and quite another thing that they are frequently summoned under the guise of investigation. Such an action constitutes invasion of personal liberty of the citizens. Respondent No.2 is, therefore, restrained from impinging into the private life of the petitioners by frequently summoning them to the police station under the guise of investigation. If any information is required from the petitioners, liberty is always available with respondent No.2 to elicit such information without harassing them. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.3913 of 2010 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. _____________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 03.03.2010 ES