IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.NARAYANA REDDY Taken up WRIT PETITION NO.23227 of 2002 Between: 1 Sri.Konapuram Lakshmanna Koilkuntla Kurnool District 2 Smt.Konapuram Thulasamma Koilkuntla Kurnool District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Sub-Inspector of Police, Koilkuntla P.S. Kurnool District 2 Superintendent of Police, Kurnool District at Kurnool 3 Dr.Ramakrishna Reddy Medical Officer Civil Hospital, Kurnool Kurnool District .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Fax message Dt.14/11/2002 sent by the petitioners herein this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue an order, direction or a writ, more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus, calling for the remarks and records from the respondents herein in and connected to: The murder of one Sanna Subbarayudu who was taken away by one Mr.Babu, Mr.Ranganna, Mr.Balaiah and Mr.Potty Obulesu from his house, brutally murder at the outskirts of Koilkuntla, a case in Crime No.74/2002 was registered in the Koilkuntla PS, Kurnool District , the Sub-Inspector of Police, Koilkuntla and Dr.Ramakrishna Reddy who conducted autopsy colluded with the accused and treated the murder as "Electrical Shock" and prays the intervention of the Hon'ble High Court in the matter and issue appropriate orders directing the concerned authorities for re-postmortem over the dead body, and investigate the case in the interest of justice. (Counsel for the Petitioner) :Taken up case on Fax Message Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 & 2: GP FOR HOME Counsel for the Respondent No.3 : G.P. for Medical and Health The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (Per Hon’ble the Chief Justice) On letter received from Konapuram Lakshmanna and Konapuram Thulasamma addressed to the Chief Justice, Registry has taken up writ petition. The senders of the letter states that on 17th October, 2002 at 9 p.m. the deceased Sanna Subbarayudu was taken away from the house by Babu, Ranganna, Balaiah and Potty Obelusu and killed brutally by them on the outskirts of Koilakuntla, and that the Sub-Inspector of Police, Koilakuntla Police Station, and Dr. Ramakrishna Reddy, who conducted autopsy over the deadbody of the deceased, colluded with the accused and treated the murder as electric shock, and that therefore prayed re-post mortem examination of the deadbody. Notice was issued to respondents. Dr. B.Ramakrishna Reddy, Civil Assistant Surgeon, Government Hospital, Koilakuntla, Kurnool district, has filed an affidavit stating that post mortem examination of the deceased body was conducted on 18th October, 2002 at 3.00 p.m. He has given the result of internal and external examination opining that death was as a result of electric shock and death had taken place 20 hours prior to the conduct of post mortem examination. There is no reason for us not to accept the statement of Dr. B.Ramakrishna Reddy that on receipt of requisition from police, post mortem was conducted by him. Of course, police must have carried out investigation thereafter, and in case senders of the letter have any grievance, they could very well take out appropriate proceedings as well as criminal proceedings. We close the taken up petition without any further orders in this case. ________________________ DEVINDER GUPTA, C.J. ________________________ M.NARAYANA REDDY, J 07-02-2005 bsc ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 Sub-Inspector of Police, Koilkuntla P.S. Kurnool District 2 Superintendent of Police, Kurnool District at Kurnool 3 Dr.Ramakrishna Reddy Medical Officer Civil Hospital, Kurnool Kurnool District 4) 2 CCs to Govt. Pleader for Home, High Court building, Hyderabad (OUT) 5) CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{ }