IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 5394 of 2009 Between: Madhuri Marda, W/o. R.Harish, R/o. B-40, F4, Madannapet, Saidabad Colony, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad. 2 The Station House Officer, Police Station Malakpet, HYderabad. 3 The Station House Officer, Saidabad Police Station, Hyderabad. 4 Govardhan Marda, S/o. Govind Lal, R/o. 16-11-20/6/2, Saleem Nagar, Malakpet, Hyderabad. 5 R.Narsing Rao, S/o. Manikya Rao, R/o. B-40, F4, Madannapet, Saidabad Colony, Hyderabad. ...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 an appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents No.1 to 3 in not providing protection to the petitioner and her husband as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct respondent Nos.1 to 3 not to harass the petitioner and her husband by providing police protection for their lives from the hands of the respondents No.4 and 5 and their family members. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.A.SAMEER KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioner aggrieved by the action of respondents 1 to 3 in not providing protection to her and her husband. Consequently, the petitioner has also sought for a direction to respondents 1 to 3 not to harass her and her husband and to protect them from respondents 4 and 5 and their family members. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Home. The petitioner is the daughter of the 4th respondent herein. It is her case that she and the son of the 5th respondent herein fell in love four years back and they got married on 12.3.2009 at Arya Samaj against the will of their parents and as their parents are threatening them, they are living at unknown places. The grievance of the petitioner is that she made a representation to the 2nd respondent – Station House Officer, Malakpet on 12.3.2009 seeking police protection from their parents and their families but so far no action has been taken and hence this writ petition. In response to the writ allegations, the 3rd respondent – Inspector of Police, Saidabad Police Station filed a detailed counter affidavit inter alia stating that on 13.3.2009, the father of the petitioner herein lodged a complaint with the 2nd respondent herein stating that the whereabouts of his daughter, aged 23 years are not known and requested the police to take action. The same was registered as Cr.No.78 of 2009 under the head ‘Women Missing’ and the case is under investigation. Likewise, on 14.3.2009 one R.Narsing Rao, resident of Krishna Nagar, Saidabad approached the Saidabad Police Station and lodged a complaint that the whereabouts of his son are not known. The said complaint was registered as Cr.No.106 of 2009 and the same is also under investigation. It is also stated that no clues are forthcoming about the missing persons in both the cases and the police are in search of them. It is also stated that as of now, the petitioner has not approached the respondent police by making a proper representation seeking protection and since it is stated in the writ petition by the petitioner that she married the son of the 5th respondent herein voluntarily, as and when the petitioner and her husband approaches the police seeking protection, they will take necessary action. In view of the above counter averments and also in view of the fact that two crimes are registered against the petitioner and her husband by their parents and the same are still pending investigation, both the petitioner and her husband are directed to appear before the police and cooperate with them in regard to the crimes registered against them and seek necessary protection. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. N.V.RAMANA,J DT.25.3.2009 msv