HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.14539 of 2010 Date 23.08.2010 Between: K.Satyanarayana. ..... PETITIONER AND The Director General of Police, Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad & others. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the petitioner :Sri G.V.Shivaji Counsel for the Respondent Nos:1 to 5 : Assistant Government Pleader for Home HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.14539 of 2010 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioner in this Writ Petition is that though Crime No.76 of 2010 was registered for an offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against one person by name Merapala Narasayya as far back as on 14.04.2010, the police have not been taking any action either for investigation or arrest of the accused. At the hearing, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, submitted that so far 34 witnesses were examined and that in the meantime, the accused filed Crl.P.No.4960 of 2010 in which this Court granted stay of arrest for a period of four weeks by order dated 15.06.2010. She further stated that subsequently interim order has not been extended on the application for anticipatory bail filed by the accused and this Court directed the accused to surrender before the concerned Court. In the light of the above facts, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home seeks some reasonable time to enable the police to take appropriate steps for completion of investigation and arrest of the accused. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent Nos.4 and 5 to complete the investigation and take appropriate steps in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. As a sequel to disposal of the main petition, WPMP.No.18287 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:23.08.2010 usd