THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 993 OF 2008 DATED: 11-2-2008 Between: Y.K. Ramachary ……………Petitioner And The Station House Officer, Golconda Police Station, Hyderabad District and another ……………Respondents ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J) Telegram dated 21-1-2008 sent up to the Honble the Chief Justice was taken up as a writ petition. Pursuant to the notice issued, the Inspector of Police, Golconda Police Station has filed his detailed counter affidavit. It is pointed out that Crime No. 198 of 2007 has been booked for offences under Sections 382 and 411 IPC and that during the course of investigation, the alleged detenus who are shown as accused Nos. 6 and 7 in the aforementioned crime have been arrested on 20-1-2008 and they were produced before the learned VI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad on 21-1-2008 and the learned Magistrate remanded them to judicial custody and subsequently, up on an application, handed them for police custody from 28-1-2008 to 30-1-2008 and that both the accused have been granted bail on 30-1-2008 and 29-1-2008 respectively and they are now freely moving about in the society. In view of the statements made in the counter affidavit, it becomes crystal clear that the arrest and detention of the alleged detenus on 21-1-2008 cannot be characterized as illegal. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed. A. GOPAL REDDY, J NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J Dated: 11-2-2008 ks