IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R. KANTHA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 24863 of 2008 Between: S. Jagan Mohan Reddy S/o. S. Bala Reddy R/o. H.NO.1-7-171-1, Bakaram, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. By its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Director General Of Police, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 3 Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad. 4 Assistant Commissioner of Police, Chikkadpally, Hyderabad. 5 Station House Officer, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 6 Smt. Patllola Jaya Sree W/o. Ravinder Reddy R/o.1-1-750/1/11/D, Gandhi Nagar, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 issue a writ, order or direction more fully one in the nature of Writ of Habeas Corpus directing the respondents to produce the sister of the petitioner by name Peninti Anasuya Bai before the Hon'ble Court and set her to liberty Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.CHAITANYA Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 5: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL Counsel for Respondent No.6: Sri V.V. Prabhakar Rao The Court made the following : ORDER: (per Sri A. Gopal Reddy, J) The petitioner, the brother of one Peninti Anasuya Bai filed this writ petition for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus for release of his sister who is illegally detained by the 6th respondent, the daughter of the alleged detenu. It is alleged that his sister being a widow has a son and a daughter and her son expired in the year 1967. She is owning considerable properties at Hyderabad and a house of her own at Gandhinagar, Musheerabad. The 6th respondent was married to one Ravinder Reddy and was given sufficient properties under memorandum of oral partition in the year 1972 and subsequently, the same was registered in the year 1982. It is alleged that the 6th respondent illegally confined the alleged detenu since there are several suits pending. This Court by order dated 14-11-2008 directed the Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, City Civil Courts, Hyderabad to record the statement of the alleged detenu by visiting the house of the 6th respondent and submit a report along with the statement to this Court. In response to the said direction, the Secretary, District Leal Services Authority, City Civil Courts, Hyderabad recorded the statement of the alleged detenu wherein she categorically asserted that she is residing with her daughter, the 6th respondent herein voluntarily and without any force and that she has not been illegally detained. In view of the same, the contention of the petitioner that the 6th respondent illegally detained the alleged detenu does not merit any consideration. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. A.GOPAL REDDY, J R. KANTHA RAO, J 24-11-2008 ks