IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.M.JOSEPH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.L.JOSEPH FRANCIS FRIDAY, THE 2ND JULY 2010 / 11TH ASHADHA 1932 WP(C).No. 20305 of 2010(K) -------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- SOBHA SALIM, W/O. SALIM, LADY'S FASHION TAILOR'S SHOP, CHALA ROAD, VIDHYA NAGAR, PIN-671 123, KASARAGOD DISTRICT. BY ADV. SMT.K.G.SAROJINI SMT.N.C.SALINI RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KASARAGOD - 671 121. 2. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KANHANGAD POLICE STATION, KASARAGOD DISTRICT, PIN-671 315. 3. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KASARAGOD, PIN-671 121. G.P. SHRI T K VIPINDAS THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K. M. JOSEPH & M.L. JOSEPH FRANCIS, JJ. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C).No. 20305 of 2010 K - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 2nd day of July, 2010 JUDGMENT Joseph, J. The petitioner has approached this Court complaining police harassment. 2. Briefly the case of the petitioner is as follows. She is the second wife of one Salim, who was dealing the sale of used cars. He was falsely implicated as accused in a number of cases. He was in the Central Prison, Mysore. He had completed three years' imprisonment and was released on 19.12.2009. But he did not come back to his house due to the harassment by the police and also on account of the reason that he had developed intimacy with the petitioner. Now she is pregnant. It is submitted that the petitioner was brought up in an orphanage and hence there is nobody to look after her from her parental house. She is earning W.P.(C).No. 20305 of 2010 2 her livelihood by tailoring. It is submitted that due to the frequent visits of the police personnels to the house of the petitioner, the landlord requested her to vacate the premises. 3. Learned Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that petitioner's husband, Salim, is involved in six crimes in Kerala and four crimes in Karnataka, all under Section 379 I.P.C. The police is investigating Crime No.402 of 2010 of Hosdurg Police Station, wherein 15 kgs. of gold ornaments were stolen by the petitioner's husband from a jewellery shop. Therefore, police is keeping surveillance only in the residence of the petitioner and in the business premises of the petitioner's husband in accordance with law and without involving the privacy of the petitioner. 4. We record the said submission and close this Writ Petition. (K. M. JOSEPH) Judge (M.L. JOSEPH FRANCIS) tm Judge