HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO Taken up Writ Petition No. 118 of 2008 22.01.2008 Between: Ismail … Petitioner AND The Station House Officer, Rajendra Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad & another … Respondents O R D E R: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice Nooty Ramamohana Rao) This is a writ petition, taken up pursuant to the telegram dated 24.12.2007 submitted to the Hon’ble Chief Justice alleging that one Mr. Murali Krishna, husband of Manjula, auto driver by profession has been illegally confined by Rajendra Nagar Police since 18.12.2007. In response to the notice issued, the Inspector of Police, Rajendra Nagar Police Station had filed his detailed counter-affidavit, which discloses that one Smt. A. Hamsamma had lodged a complaint with the police on 21.11.2007 alleging that certain unknown persons have snatched her gold chain and mangala sutram and fled away on a motor bike, at about 08.20 in the morning. On entertaining the said complaint, Crime No. 1193 of 2007 has been registered and the matter has been taken up for investigation. The counter-affidavit further discloses that the alleged detenu by name Murali Krishna is suspected to have been involved in the crime, going by the modus operandi and description of the individuals given by the victim. Hence, he is shown as accused No.2 in the above said crime and hence, that he was arrested on 04.01.2008 and that he was also produced before VIII Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Cyberabad at Rajendra Nagar and was remanded to judicial custody and that at the instance of the accused, his involvement in several other and similar crimes has been brought out. In view of the fact that the alleged detenu has been arrested and has also been produced before the concerned Magistrate, who has remanded him for judicial custody, the writ petition does not survive for further adjudication and hence it is dismissed. A. GOPAL REDDY, J NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J 22.01.2008 ksld