IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 10098 of 2009 Between: Zaibunnisa Begum W/o.Shiak Ruknuddin R/o.H.No.13-6-826/59,Moghul Ka Nala Attapur, Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner of Police, Basheerbagh Hyderabad 2 The Station House Officer, Amberpet Police Station Amberpet,Hyderabad 3 Mohd.Mohsin S/o.Mohd Miskin R/o.Plot No.3, in Sy.No.144/1 & 145/1, Lateefnagar Amberpet,Hyderabad .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.MOHD.GULAM RASOOL Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 and 2: GP FOR HOME Counsel for Respondent No.3: ---- The Court made the following: ORDER: The petitioner gave a complaint against respondent No.3 that she committed an offence of forgery of certain documents. When no action was taken thereon, the petitioner filed a private complaint before the learned IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, who referred the same to respondent No.2 under Section 156 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short ‘the Cr.P.C.’). In pursuance of the same, respondent No.2 registered the case. The grievance of the petitioner is that respondent No.2 is insisting on sending the disputed documents to the Forensic Laboratory for the expert’s opinion on the nature of the documents. According to the petitioner, Police do not have such power. In my considered view, the petitioner cannot have any legitimate grievance in the proposed action of respondent No.2 to send the disputed documents for expert’s opinion. Indeed, such a step is part of investigation and the Police are not expected to complete investigation and file a meaningful charge sheet/final report without obtaining the expert’s opinion. The petitioner failed to either plead or substantiate as to how the proposal to send the disputed documents to the Forensic Science Laboratory for expert’s opinion causes prejudice to her interests. Far from causing any prejudice, such a measure would help the petitioner in establishing her case that the documents were forged by the accused. In this view of the matter, the Writ Petition is dismissed. The petitioner shall pay an amount of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees five thousand only) to the Secretary, Andhra Pradesh Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad, towards costs for indulging in baseless, frivolous and vexatious litigation. The said amount shall be deposited by the petitioners within four weeks, failing which the Secretary shall initiate appropriate steps to recover costs from the petitioner. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.13051 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ___________________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 18th June, 2009 LUR