HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION No.16324 of 2010 Dated: 21-07-2010 Between: Smt.Shailaza …Petitioner AND The Superintendent of Police, Nellore, Nellore District & Others. Respondents. This Court made the following: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION No.16324 of 2010 ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A.Gopal Reddy) The wife of the alleged detenu-Amosh filed this writ petition for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus complaining that her husband- alleged detenu has been illegally detained by the police on 5.7.2010 and since then he has been in illegal custody. The second respondent herein filed a counter affidavit denying the arrest of the alleged detenu either on 5.7.2010 or any subsequent date as alleged in the writ petition. It is stated that the alleged detenu was arrested by Police of III Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam in connection with Crime No.418 of 2010 registered for the offence under Section 382 I.P.C. on 17.7.2010. It is sated that the alleged detenu was caught red-handed by the complainant with the help of his friend namely, Pragada Vijayakumar and was produced before the police along with the report. During the course of investigation, the alleged detenu also confessed to have committed the offence along with others. He was involved in Crime Nos.136 of 2010, 471 of 2009, 250 of 2007 and 732 of 2009 of various police stations in Visakhapatnam. It is stated that on 17.7.2010 the police effected the arrest of the alleged detenu, produced him before IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam on 18.7.2010, that he was remanded to judicial custody pursuant to the orders passed by the learned Magistrate and now he is lodged at Central Prison, Visakhapatnam. When the alleged detenu was produced before IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam on 18.7.2010, he has not complained about his illegal detention from 5.7.2010 onwards by the police, as alleged by the petitioner. In view of the same, we do not see any merit in the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the alleged detenu has been illegally detained by police from 5.7.2010 onwards. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ________________ A. GOPAL REDDY, J. __________________ JULY 21, 2010 K.C. BHANU, J. Tsr.