THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO :27757 of 2009 DATED: 10-02-2010 Between: Mohd.Jabir Ahmed & 2 others. ..... PETITIONERS And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad & 4 others. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: Petitioners approached this Court and filed the present Writ Petition with the following prayer: “For the reason stated in the accompanying affidavit, this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondents 2 to 5 in not conducting the investigation pertaining to the death of the deceased-Sk.Qayoom and deceased-Mohd.Samee in Cr.No.126/2008, dated 10-10-2008 of police station, Bhainsa Town, District Adilabad (Now C.I.D.R.C.I.U, Karimnagar) in accordance with the provisions of Criminal Procedurte Code, 1973 as illegal and arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of Constitution of India and also against the principles of Criminal Jurisprudence and consequentially direct the respondents to conduct the investigation in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code and to file the report under Section 173 Cr.P.C. and pass such other and further order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice”. 2. On instructions, the learned Government Pleader submitted that the investigation is in progress and the charge sheet will be filed in due course of time. 3. When once a crime is registered, police are duty bound to investigate into the matter and submit a final report at the earliest. Here is a case where the crime was registered on 10-10-2008 and till today it is not known as to what happened. Hence, the 2nd respondent-Station House Officer, Bhainsa Town Police Station, Adilabad District, is hereby directed to complete the investigation within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and file a final report before a competent criminal Court, as provided for under Section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 4. Accordingly, Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ T.GOPALAKRISHNA,J 10th February, 2010. Tsy