IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI BILAL NAZKI, THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE And THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 11641 of 2005 Between: Smt. D. Adi Lakshmi, W/o. Venkata Rao, Ambedkar Nagar, Cheemakurti, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Station House Officer, Markapur, Prakasam District. 2 The Superintendent of Police, Prakasam District, at Ongole. 3 The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Markapur, Prakasam 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 may be pleased to Issue an order, direction, or a writ, more particualrly one in the nature of writ of Habeas Corpus directing the Respondents herein to produce the detenue Viz D. Venkat Rao husband of D.Adilakshmi the petitioenr herein, before this Hon'ble court, who was illegally detained by D.S.P., Markapur, Prakasam District since 9.5.2005 and set him at liberty forthwith, and to pass such other or further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner : TELEGRAM Counsel for the Respondents : THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following : ORDER : (Per Hon’ble Sri Bilal Nazki, ACJ) During the course of hearing of this writ petition, we had directed that the Magistrate concerned shall record the statement about the torture to which the alleged detenu was subjected to by the Police during his confinement. Statement has now been recorded by the Magistrate, in which, serious allegations have been levelled against various Police Officers. The learned Advocate-General has appeared and has assured this Court that suitable departmental action shall be taken against the officers if the allegations levelled are proved right in an enquiry, which the Department will hold. He also assures that there will be prima facie a criminal case, and then consequential steps of prosecuting the guilty shall also be taken. In view of this assurance, no further orders are necessary to be passed in this writ petition, which is accordingly closed. No order as to costs. __________________ (BILAL NAZKI, ACJ) 11th July 2005. __________________ (G.CHANDRAIAH, J) ajr ……REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Station House Officer, Markapur, Prakasam District. 2 The Superintendent of Police, Prakasam District, Ongole. 3 The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Prakasam Districst, Ongole. 4 Two C.Cs. to the Advocate-General, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 5 Two C.D. copies.