IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH & THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR W.P.8381 of 2011 Between: Kasarla Lalitha ..... PETITIONER AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 2 others .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR W.P.8381 of 2011 ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice V.Eswaraiah) This Writ of Habeas Corpus is filed by the wife of the Detenue No.1 alleging that without registering any crime, her husband-Detenue No.1 and her husband’s friend-Detenue No.2 have been illegally detained by the 3rd respondent-Station House Officer, Gopalapuram P.S. from 12.03.2011 onwards. A counter is filed stating that the detenues herein are Accused Nos.2 and 1 in FIR No.305/2010 dated 18/19.09.2010 on the file of the 3rd respondent police station for the offence under Sec.457 and 380 IPC and in connection with the said crime, they were taken into custody on 28.03.2011. They were produced before the X Addl.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Secunderabad on 29.03.2011, and pursuant to the remand order, they are lodged in Central Prison, Chenchalguda, Hyderabad. It is further stated that in fact, as per the confessional statements of both the detenues, they have also involved in other four crimes, viz., Cr.No.14/2010 of Gandhinagar P.S; Cr.No.158/2010 of Chilakalaguda P.S.; Cr.Nos.228 and 229 of 2010 of Gopalapuram P.S; and Cr.No.293/2010 of Nacharam P.S. The said four crimes have been registered against both the detenues for the offence under Sec.457 and 380 IPC. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the detenues were in illegal custody of the 3rd respondent from 12.03.2011. As no reply is filed for the counter filed by the respondents, and there is no material showing that the detenues were in illegal custody of the 3rd respondent prior to their arrest, we are not inclined to appreciate the contentions of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the detenues were in illegal custody of the 3rd respondent from 12.03.2011. As the detenues were already apprehended in connection with the Crime No.305/2010 of Gopalapuram P.S. and remanded to judicial custody, it cannot be said that they are in illegal detention of the 3rd respondent. We see no merits in this writ petition and the same is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. ___________________ V.ESWARAIAH,J ________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR,J Dated: 01.04.2011 Dsr