IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 19655 of 2008 Between: Smt. Uma, W/o. Shankar, R/o. H.No. 8/350, Ramula Temple Street, Gooty R.S. Village, Gooty Mandal, Ananthapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Station House Officer, Gooty Police Station, Ananthapur District. 2 The Superintendent of Police, Ananthapur District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 For the reasons stated in the "Letter" dated 06-09-2008 sent by the Petitioner herein, this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue an Order, direction, or a Writ, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Habeas Corpus directing the Respondents herein to produce the second son of the Petitioner, namely Vinod Kumar, Coolie and her husband, namely Shankar, Coolie, before this Hon'ble Court, who are illegally detained since 01-08-2008 by the police, Gooty, Ananthapur District, apprehending danger to their lives and set them at liberty forthwith and to pass such other or further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:LETTER Counsel for the Respondent No.: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R. VARMA AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION No.19655 of 2008 ORAL ORDER: (per the HON’BLE SRI JUST ICE D.S.R.VARMA) Heard the learned Assistant Government Pleader, representing the learned Advocate General, appearing for the respondents. 2. This writ petition is taken up on the strength of a letter, dated 06.09.2000, by the petitioner, to the Hon’ble the Chief Justice, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, alleging that her son, by name Vinod Kumar ,and her husband, by name Shankar, were illegally detained by the ﬁrst respondent, since 01.08.2008, and sought interference of this Court. 3. Per contra, the Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police, Gooty Police station, Anantapur, ﬁled counter aﬃdavit stating that the detenu No.1 is sole accused in Crime No.106 of 2008, for the oﬀence punishable under Section 379 I.P.C., of Gooty Police Station and, in that connection, he was arrested, on 06.08.2008, and was produced along with charge sheet before the Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Gooty, on 07.08.2008, and upon such production, the alleged detenu No.1 was remanded to judicial custody and was lodged in Sub-Jail, Gooty and that, subsequently, after completion of the remand period, the alleged detenu was released from jail. 4. As regards the alleged detenu No.2, it is stated that he was neither accused nor witness in any of the pending crimes in Gooty Police Station, as such the police made requisitions to the Village Revenue Oﬃcer and the Sarpanch, Chetnepally Village, Gooty Mandal, to examine and record his statement; that, accordingly the Sarpanch and Village Revenue Oﬃcer visited the house of the alleged detenu No.2 and recorded his statement wherein he categorically stated that he was never illegally detained by the police, in any manner, and that he was moving freely by attending his day to day work. 5. In view of the said statement, the petitioner cannot complain that her son and husband were illegally detained by the police. There is no truth or genuineness in the letter addressed to this Court and because of such an attempt, the time and money not only of this Court but also of the police was put to waste. Sending this type of frivolous petitions and thereby trying to make use of this Court as a platform for getting beneﬁt out of such petitions is to be curtailed by all means. 6. Accordingly, the present writ petition is dismissed, at the stage of admission, with costs of Rs.100/-. 7. Registry is directed to send a copy of this order to the petitioner. __________________________ JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA __________________________ JUSTICE K.C.BHANU 25.09.2008 kvsn