IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B. CHANDRA KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 653 of 2009 Between: Smt. Nafeesa Begum, W/o. Shaik Abdul Gaffar, R/o. H.No. 18-1- 402/4/1, Phool Bagh, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Station House Officer, Begumpet Task Force, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Police, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to for the reasons stated in the "Telegram" dated 17-01- 2009 sent by the Petitioner herein, this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue an Order, direction, or a Writ, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Habeas Corpus directing the Respondents herein to produce the husband of the Petitioner viz., Shaik Abdul Gaffar, before this Hon'ble Court, who was illegally detained by the North Zone Task Force on 16- 01-2009 at 03.00 P.M. at Gulzar House, Charminar, Hyderabad, apprehending danger to his life 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 Respondent No.: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following : ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy) This writ petition is taken up on the basis of the telegram dated 17.01.2009, sent by the petitioner to the Hon’ble the Chief Justice alleging that her husband, namely, Shaik Abdul Gaffar, has been illegally detained by the North Zone Task Force Police on 15.09.2008 and she is apprehending danger to her husband’s life. In response to the notice, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Task Force, Hyderabad, the first respondent herein, filed counter affidavit stating that at no point of time the first respondent police have illegally detained the alleged detenu. However, on 16.01.2009 the West Zone Task Force Police summoned the alleged detenu to Task Force Office to verify his antecedents, since he has been involved as an accused in Crime Nos.96, 152, 160, 186 and 253 of 2004 of Abids Police Station for the offence under Section 411 IPC. In response to the summons, the alleged detenu appeared before the Task Force Office, Hyderabad, and after verifying his antecendents he was let off immediately on the same day. The said fact has also been stated by the alleged detenu when he was produced before the Tahsildar, Bandlaguda, where the alleged detenu himself made a statement that the Task Force Police, Hyderabad, came to his shop and took him in a jeep to Task Force Office at Begumpet for enquiry of theft cases and released him on the same day. Meanwhile his wife sent the above telegram. Since the statement of the alleged detenu was recorded by the Tahsildar, Bandlaguda, wherein the alleged detenu has stated that he has not been illegally detained by the police, no further adjudication is called for on the telegram sent by the petitioner. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed at the admission stage. ___________________ (A.GOPAL REDDY, J.) ____________________ (B. CHANDRA KUMAR, J.) 5th February, 2009 Js.