IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 23942 of 2007 Between: Mohd.Arifuddin S/o.Mohd.Nizamuddin R/o.H.No.19-2-11/34/57, Bilal Nagar, Kalapather, Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Secretary (Home) Secretariat,Hyderabad 2 The Deputy General of Police, Lakdikapool, Hyderabad 3 The Commissioner of Police Cyberabad, Lakdikapool Hyderabad 4 The Inspector of Police, Maheswaram, R.R.District 5 The Station House officer, Bahadurpura, Hyderabad 6 Smt.putturi Padmalatha W/o.Ramakoteswar Rao r/o.H.No.4-1-127/2/2/A, Durga Nagar Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.MAHADEV ANYARAMBHATLA Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 5: GP FOR HOME Counsel for Respondent No.6: ------ The Court made the following : Order: This Writ Petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to direct the respondents not to harass the petitioner by calling him to the Police Station in the guise of investigation and forcing him to enter into out of Court settlement in respect of Ac.4-33 guntas of land comprised in Survey No.89 of Maheswaram Village, Ranga Reddy District, as illegal and arbitrary. Heard Sri A.Mahadevan, learned Counsel for the petitioner, and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home for respondent Nos.1 to 5. The grievance of the petitioner is that in the civil dispute pertaining to the above-mentioned property between him and respondent No.6, respondent No.4 has been unduly interfering and forcing him to enter into a compromise with respondent No.6. In the affidavit, the petitioner gave certain instances of such interference. In the counter-affidavit filed by respondent No.5, it is stated that on reference of private complaint, filed by respondent No.6, by the jurisdictional Magistrate under Section 156(3) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Crime No.237 of 2007 was registered against the petitioner for the offences under Sections 418, 420, 352, 504 and 506 IPC on 23-10-2007 and investigation was commenced. The answering respondent denied all allegations made by the petitioner relating to his or other Police Officers’ intervention in the civil dispute except to the extent of investigating into the crime registered against the petitioner. In view of this categorical denial of respondent No.5, which is placed on record, the Writ Petition is closed with liberty to the petitioner to avail his remedy in the event the Police interfere in the civil disputes in future. _____________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 1st May, 2008 LUR