THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO. 3105 of 2010 ORDER: 1 There are certain transactions between the petitioners, who are wife and husband, the Indian Overseas Bank and Indian Bank. When the officers of the said banks are interfering with their personal liberty, and are threatening them with dire consequences, on an earlier occasion the petitioners approached this court and filed Writ Petition No.2018 of 2010 and this court by its order dated 03.02.2010 directed the respondents therein not to take or resort to any illegal and unconstitutional methods for recovery of alleged arrears. In the light of the said orders, it appears, the authorities of the said banks approached the police i.e. first respondent herein, who, in turn directed the petitioners to come to the police station and made them to sit at the police station for hours together. Hence they approached this court and filed the present Writ Petition. 2 The principles of law are that the personal liberty of any individual shall not be curtailed without following due process under law. If any body gives complaint, the police are at liberty to register the same, investigate into it and as provided for under the Code of Criminal Procedure they can also summon the accused persons or witnesses. But without registering a crime, they cannot curtail the personal liberty of any individual. As it is the grievance of the petitioners that the police authorities are making them to sit at the police station for hours, this court disposes of this Writ Petition with a direction to the respondents not to interfere with the personal liberty of the petitioners without following due process under law. No order as to costs. _______________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 11th February 2010 Kvsn