IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.13088 of 2010 Between: Parakala Sukumari … Petitioner And The Govt., of A.P., rep., by its Principal Secretary, Home Dept., Hyderabad & others. … Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Smt. Vanga Anitha for Sri Challa Srinivasa Reddy Counsel for respondents 1-5: AGP for Home The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.13088 of 2010 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.5 in harassing the petitioner at the instance of respondent No.6, as illegal and arbitrary. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home for respondent Nos.1 to 5. The petitioner is the sister-in-law of respondent No.6, who has married the petitioner’s brother. The petitioner alleged that due to matrimonial disputes between her brother and respondent No.6, the parents and other family members of respondent No.6 attacked her house, beat her and snatched away the gold mangalsutra weighting 3 ½ tulas and that on a complaint made by the petitioner, Crime No.170 of 2009 was registered against respondent No.6 and her family members. The petitioner further alleged that respondent No.6 filed O.P.No.9 of 2010 for divorce against her husband and that the same is pending in the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Warangal. She further alleged that for 15 days prior to the filing of the writ petition, respondent No.5 was calling the petitioner and her husband to the police station and harassing them without any reasons at the instigation of respondent No.6. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, submitted that on the complaint given by respondent No.6, Crime No.82 of 2010 was registered in Ghanpur Police Station for the offences under Section 498-A and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 against the petitioner, her brother and other family members and that in connection with the registration of the said case, the police have summoned the petitioner to the police station. She further stated that except dealing with the petitioner in connection with the said criminal case, the police are not harassing her. The above submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader are placed on record and the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent Nos.4 and 5 not to violate any of the legal or constitutional rights of the petitioner concerning her life and personal liberty while dealing with her in connection with the pending criminal case. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.16492 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. __________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 28.07.2010. ES