THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.28121 OF 2007 Dated 4th January, 2008 Between: R.Chennammal …Petitioner And The State of A.P. rep. by Its Secretary, Home Department, Government of A.P., Hyderabad and three others …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.28121 OF 2007 O R D E R (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice P.S.Narayana): Heard the Counsel. The writ petition is filed for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by directing the respondents to produce the detenu-Srinivas, S/o Ramaswamy, before this Court forthwith and consequently declare the action of the respondents in arresting the detenu as illegal, arbitrary, against the principles of natural justice and violative of Articles 14, 21, and 22 of the Constitution of India and pass such other suitable orders. It is averred by the writ petitioner that her son Srinivas was arrested by the respondents on 13-12-2007 in Tamilnadu in connection with Crime No.105 of 2007 on the file of IV-Metropolitan Magistrate, Ibrahimpatnam, Cyberabad, Hyderabad. He is the third accused in the said crime, but till today the respondents have not produced him before the Magistrate concerned. Several further averments had been made and it is stated that it is the duty of the police/respondents to produce the detenu before the nearest Magistrate within 24 hours from the time of arrest as per Section 56 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and as per Article 21 of the Constitution of India. A counter-affidavit is filed narrating several details and denying certain averments as well. In para 6 of the counter-affidavit, it is stated that while the matter stood thus, on 02-01-2008 at about 6.00 p.m, the investigating officer apprehended the alleged detenu i.e. accused No.3 in the above crime at Chittoor bus stop and on examining, he revealed his name as Srinivas, S/o Ramaswamy (alleged detenu herein) and also confessed that he along with others participated in several offences in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, including the above crime. Part of the stolen property pertaining to the above crime was recovered from his possession and after complying with the formalities of arrest, he was produced before the Magistrate concerned. The learned Magistrate remanded him to judicial custody. Pursuant to the remand order, he is now lodged at Central Prison, Cherlapally. Further averments had been made, which need not be dealt with in elaboration. In the light of the same, no further orders need be passed in the present writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly closed. No costs. _____________________ P.S.NARAYANA,J Dated 4th January, 2008 _____________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J vrn/cvm