IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20373 of 2007 Between: Ajmeera Bheemla, S/o.Kesunaik, R/o. Srilanka Colony, Ponkal Village, Jannaram Mandal, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Inspector of Police, Jannaram Police Station, Adilabad District. 2 Sub-Inspector of Police, Jannaram Police Station, Adilabad District. 3 Superintendent of Police, Adilabad, Adilabad District. 4 Mammuti Mahesh, S/o. Rajanna, R/o. Gandhinagar Colony, Ponkal Village, Jannaram Mandal, Adilabad District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Habeas Corpus directing the respondents 1 to 3 to produce the Ajmeera Swapna D/o. Ajmeera Bheemlal, aged 22 years, Occupation: Student, R/o. Srilanka Colony, Ponkal Village, Jannaram Mandal, Karimnagar District before this HOn'ble Court and release her forthwith after declaring her detention as highly arbitrary, bad and illegal and pass such other order or orders as deem fit and proper. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.PRABHAKAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court at the stage of admission made the following : ORDER: (per Sri B. Seshasayana Reddy, J) The petitioner is the father of Ajmera Swapna, aged about 22 years. He filed the writ petition with a prayer to issue an order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of writ of habeas corpus directing respondent Nos. 1 to 3 to produce Ajmera Swapna. In the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, it is averred that the 4th respondent has taken away the daughter of the petitioner Ajmera Swapna forcibly in an auto on 16-6-2007. He has lodged a report before the Station House Officer, Jannaram who registered a case in Crime No. 81 of 2007 under woman missing. His grievance is that the police are not properly investigating the case and he apprehends danger to the life of his daughter. In response to the notice issued, a counter affidavit has been filed sworn to by B. Narayana, Sub-Inspector of Police, Jannaram Police Station. It is stated in the counter that during the course of investigation, a friend of the 4th respondent viz., Mumati Santosh has been examined and he informed that the 4th respondent called him through cell No. 9849470370 and stated that he and the daughter of the petitioner got married and are living happily. We deem it appropriate to extract the relevant portion in the counter affidavit and it is thus: “It is submitted that the said team also visited Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Tirupati to trace out the alleged detenu and the 4th Respondent. While the matter stood thus, I examined one close friend of the 4th Respondent herein, viz., Mumati Santosh. He informed me that the 4th Respondent called him up from 9849470370 and informed him that they got married and are living happily. He did not disclose the place where they are residing. On the above information, I contacted on the said Phone number and found that the said phone is switched off. The above said person also informed me that he would inform if he receives any further information from the 4th Respondent. It is submitted that I once-again examined the complainant and his family members to know whether any information with regard to the alleged detenu herein, on that they informed me that the alleged detenu herein had taken Rs.60,000/- which was available in the house along with her.” The counter affidavit is explicit that the daughter of the petitioner has left the home after a due planning along with cash of Rs.60,000/-. The police already registered a case and proceeding with the investigation. In that view of the matter, we deem it proper to close the writ petition with a direction to the police to complete the investigation and file the final report, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within three months. The writ petition is accordingly closed. A.GOPAL REDDY, J B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J 17-03-2008 ks ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 Inspector of Police, Jannaram Police Station, Adilabad District. 2 Sub-Inspector of Police, Jannaram Police Station, Adilabad District. 3 Superintendent of Police, Adilabad, Adilabad District. 4 Mammuti Mahesh, S/o. Rajanna, R/o. Gandhinagar Colony, Ponkal Village, Jannaram Mandal, Adilabad District. 5 2 CCs to the Advocate General, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (OUT). 6 2 CD copies