THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.24486 of 2010 ORDER: According to the petitioner, the marriage of his sister-Maha Lakshmi Kumari was performed about seven years back with Tiyyabindi Lakshmi Ramjee of Maduthuru Village, Achutapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. At the time of marriage, they have given Rs.50,000/- towards ‘pasupu Kumkuma’, other gold ornaments, wearing apparel and household articles to his sister and brother-in- law. Out of the wedlock, his sister gave birth to two male child, who are now aged about 5 years and five months respectively. It is stated that his brother-in-law, at the instance his mother, used to harass his sister and beat her demanding additional dowry. While so, in the month of April, 2010, his sister came to her parental house, gave birth to the second baby boy on 11.05.2010 and returned to the house of her father-in-law on 18.09.2010. In the morning of 27.09.2010, he have received a phone call from his brother in law that Maha Lakshmi Kumari was not feeling well and her condition was very serious. Then immediately, himself, his wife and mother rushed to Maduthuru Village and saw Maha Lakshmi Kumari died under suspicious circumstances. Then he lodged a complaint with Achutapuram Police Station. Despite their protest, his brother-in-law and others buried the dead body of Maha Lakshmi in Maduthuru burial ground. The grievance of the petitioner is that even though he had sent the complaint by Registered Post with Acknowledgement Due also to respondents 2 to 4 on 29.09.2010, they are not taking any action to register the crime and conduct postmortem examination on the dead body of Maha Lakshmi. The learned Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, submits that as of today respondents 2 to 4 have not received any such complaint as alleged by the petitioner. However, it is stated that they will treat this writ petition as complaint and take necessary action after conducting investigation. Since it is the case of the petitioner that his sister died under suspicious circumstances, and having regard to the fact that the dead body of his sister was already burred, if investigation is not conducted expeditiously, there is possibility of the dead body not being in fit condition to conduct postmortem, the respondents are directed to conduct investigation expeditiously and take necessary action, in accordance with law. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission. ________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 30.09.2010 Note: Issue CC immediately B/o. va