HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU W.P.No.19235 of 2005 Dated 1st September, 2005 Between: B.Sampath Kumar, S/o.Late B. Venkateshwar Rao Aged 42 years, Occ: Advocate & Agriculture, R/o.1-10-145/A, Street No.8, Ashoknagar, Hyderabad .. Petitioner And The Sub-Inspector of Police, Ramgopalpet Police Station, Secunderabad and 10 others .. Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU W.P.No.19235 of 2005 ORAL ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents 1 and 2 in not investigating the case in Cr.No.97 of 2005 of Ramagopalpet Police Station registered against the respondents 7 to 11 as arbitrary and illegal. It is the statutory duty of the police to conduct investigation. Therefore, without entering into the merits of the case, I consider it appropriate to direct the 1st and 2nd respondents to complete the investigation within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________ 01.09.2005 bcj