IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE 31ST DAY OF MAY, TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO WRIT PETITION No.8842 of 2010 Between: Katragadda Rajendra Prasad. … Petitioner And The Superintendent of Police, Kakinada and another. … Respondent This Court made the following: HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO WRIT PETITION No.8842 of 2010 ORDER: - (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A.Gopal Reddy) The husband of Smt.Katragadda Geetha Vani filed this writ petition to produce her alleging that she left the matrimonial house on 23.02.2010 informing that she would go to her parents’ house at Vanglapudi village, but she did not turn up. He gave a complaint to the 2nd respondent-the Station House Officer, Sitanagaram Police Station about the missing of his wife, who registered a case in crime No.31 of 2010 as woman missing. Hence, the police have to produce the missing wife of the petitioner, Smt.Katragadda Geetha Vani before this Court. In the counter affidavit filed by the 2nd respondent, it is specifically stated that on registering the crime under the head of woman missing, investigation is taken up. During the course of investigation, the investigating officer visited the house of the complainant and the parents of the alleged missing woman and examined the father and brother of the alleged missing woman. The investigation reveals that the missing woman was closely moving with one Balatripura Sundari of the said village and accordingly she was also examined. The said Balatripura Sundari stated that the alleged missing woman accompanied her to her mother’s place at Kakinada and stayed there for four days and thereafter both of them left the said place and on their return journey, Balatripura Sundari got down the bus at Katavaram village and went to her house, while the missing woman informed her that she would visit her parents’ house at Vanglapudi village and did not get down the bus at Katavaram. The investigating officer sent crime memos to the neighbouring Station House Officers for causing enquiries for the alleged missing woman and is making all efforts to trace her. Since it has not been alleged that the alleged missing woman has been illegally detained by police or other persons and as the police have already registered a case under the head of woman missing, the 2nd respondent is under obligation to complete the investigation within a reasonable time of two months from today and file his report before competent Court with due intimation to the petitioner. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. __________________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J ________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 31st May 2010 lmv