HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No.13932 of 2011 Date: 06.05.2011 Between : Pathakota Bangaru Munireddy … Petitioner And The Station House Officer, I Town Police Station, Proddatur, Kadapa District and another. … Respondents. HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No.13932 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner, who is one of the contesting candidate for Kadapa Parliamentary Constituency for the elections scheduled to be held on 8.5.2011, filed the present writ petition stating that the police are likely to detain him apart from several other persons to prevent him from exercising his franchise in the ensuring elections. 2. It is represented by the learned Government Pleader for Home that a case is registered against the petitioner for the offence under Section 3 of S.Cs. and S.Ts. (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and in which he obtained bail. 3. Mere involvement of the petitioner and registration of crime against him for the offence committed by him will not debar him from exercising his franchise freely. Since the petitioner has already obtained bail in the above offence committed by him, he shall not be detained if he is not involved in any other crime. 4. Therefore, the respondents-authorities are directed not to confine the petitioner on 7.5.2011 and 8.5.2011, without following due process of law and allow him to exercise his franchise freely and supervise the election process, since he being one of the contesting candidates. 5. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ____________________________ JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY Date: 6th May , 2011 Note: Communicate the operative portion by wire at party’s cost. (B/O) Msr HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No.13932 of 2011 Date: 6th May, 2011 (Msr)