HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO W.P.No.31202 of 2010 Dated: 13-06-2011 Between: Nandipati Manoj Kumar …Petitioner AND Station House Officer, Anakapalle Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam District and another. Respondents. This Court made the following: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO W.P.No.31202 of 2010 ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A.Gopal Reddy) Petitioner filed this writ petition under Article 226 of Constitution of India seeking a writ of habeas corpus to direct the respondents to produce his brother-N.Ashok Kumar before this Court and to set him at liberty. According to the petitioner, the alleged detenu did his “Apparel Designing Diploma” in Hyderabad and he went to Lankelapalem Village to give training to “DWCRA” groups in apparel manufacturing. Subsequently, he established one small-scale unit in the said village along with one Ms.B.Durgamma and continued the unit for 2 ½ years. On 16.7.2009, said Durgamma made a phone call to the petitioner and informed that the alleged detenu married one Srivalli. Again on 20.7.2009 he received a phone call stating that the alleged detenu was not missing. Thereupon, himself and his father went to Anakapalle on 24.7.2009 and found that the alleged detenu was missing. In that regard, the father of the petitioner issued a registered notice to the first respondent, on which basis, a case in Crime No.363 of 2009 was registered on 3.10.2009, but so far, whereabouts of the alleged detenu have not been traced out. The counter affidavit filed by first respondent discloses that on registering a case in Crime No.363 of 2009 under the head “Man Missing”, investigation was taken up and during the course of investigation, it revealed that the alleged detenu was residing with one Nagamani and that he deceived said Nagamini, who gave birth to a male child and on 20.6.2009 the alleged detenu left Anakapalle informing said Nagamani that he is going to his parents place. It is stated in the counter that the investigation is going on to trace out the whereabouts of alleged detenu. Nowhere it is alleged in the affidavit filed along with the writ petition that the alleged detenu was illegally detained by either Nagamani or Durgamma or Srivalli. Therefore, issuance of writ of habeas corpus does not arise. However, as the crime has already been registered regarding the missing of alleged detenu, police are under obligation to complete the investigation at an early date and file a report with due intimation to the petitioner. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. ________________ A. GOPAL REDDY, J. __________________ JUNE 13, 2011 RAJA ELANGO, J. Tsr.