IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.CHANDRA KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 4456 of 2009 Between: Smt. Katta Kotamma, W/o.Nageswara Rao, Vijilipeta, Chirala Mandal, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Station House Officer, I Town Police Station, Chirala, Guntur District. 2 The Superintendent of Police, Guntur. 3 The Station House Officer, Central Crime Station, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 4 The Superintendent of Police, Chittoor District. 5 The Sub Inspector of Police, Satyavedu, Chittoor District. .....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 Order, direction, or a Writ, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Habeas Corpus directing the Respondents herein to produce the Petitioner's son namely Katta Sriramulu, before this Hon'ble Court , who is illegally detained since dt. 25-02-2009 midnight by the police, apprehending danger to his life and set him at liberty forthwith and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner: TELEGRAM Counsel for Respondents: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following : ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy) This writ petition is taken up on the basis of the telegram sent by the petitioner dated 27.02.2009 to the Hon’ble the Chief Justice alleging that her son, namely, Katta Sriramulu has been illegally detained by the police since the mid-night of 25.02.2009 and apprehending danger to his life. In response to the notice, the Sub-Inspector of Police, Satyavedu Police Station, Chittoor District, filed counter affidavit stating that the alleged detenu was arrayed as an accused in Crime No.84 of 2007 registered on 30.08.2007 for the offences punishable under Sections 457 and 380 IPC of Satyavedu Police Station, basing on the complaint given by one B. Somasekar. In connection with the above crime, the alleged detenu was arrested on 28.02.2009 by following due procedure and was produced before the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Satyavedu, on the same day. On such production, the learned Magistrate remanded the alleged detenu to judicial custody, and pursuant to the remand order, the alleged detenu was lodged at Sub Jail, Satyavedu. It is also stated that since from the date of registration of the crime the alleged detenu was absconding till he was arrested. Since the alleged detenu has not made any complaint about his illegal detention from 25.02.2009 when he was produced before the Magistrate, it is presumed that he has not illegally detained on 25.02.2009 as alleged in the telegram and the said allegation is made too early to prevent the arrest of the alleged detenu in connection with the above crime. Hence, we see no merit in the writ petition. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. ___________________ (A.GOPAL REDDY, J.) ____________________ (B. CHANDRA KUMAR, J.) 19th March, 2009 Js.