IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH, AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 18034 of 2007 Between: Akhter Begum ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The Station House Officer, Town Police, Tappa Chabutra, Hyderabad District and another. .....RESPONDENTS ORAL ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy) This writ petition is taken up on the basis of the telegram dated 22.08.2007 sent by the petitioner to the Hon’ble the Chief Justice, alleging that on the complaint made by her son’s first wife, namely, Shanaz, the police illegally took her son, namely, Shaik Khudus, into custody and torturing him by using third degree methods, and so, she is apprehending danger to her son’s life in the hands of the police. The Station House Officer, the first respondent herein, filed counter affidavit stating that initially on 22.08.2007 a case in Crime No.170 of 2007 was registered against the alleged detenu by the first respondent for the offence punishable under Section 498-A IPC, basing on the complaint lodged by Smt. Shahnaz Begum, the first wife of alleged detenu. Pursuant to the registration of crime the first respondent called alleged detenu to the police station on 22.08.2007 and informed about the registration of above crime for which the alleged detenu stated that he would settle the matter and left the police station on the same day. It is also stated in the counter that subsequently, the matter was referred to the Lok Adalath at the instance of the complainant as well as the alleged detenu and after hearing both the parties the Lok Adalath through its order 25.08.2007 in Lok Adalat Case No.4019 of 2007 compounded the offence punishable under Section 498-A IPC and acquitted the alleged detenu. In view of the same, the allegation that the alleged detenu was illegally detained by the police personnel, appears to be not correct. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed at the stage of admission. ____________________ (A. GOPAL REDDY, J.) _______________________ (P. SWAROOP REDDY, J.) 7th September, 2007 Js.