IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 19850 of 2004 Between: Syed Akhtar, S/o. Late Syed Imam, R/o. H.No. 9-4-77/19/1, Nizam Colony, Tolichowki, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Additional Commissioner of Police (Crimes & SIT), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2 Shri Mohan Rao, Inspector of Police, Office of Additional Commissioner of Police, (Crimes & SIT), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS or any other appropriate Writ or Writs, Order or Direction, declaring the action of the Respondents in seeking to interfere with the personal liberties of the petitioner by entertaining civil disputes inter se petitioner and others either forcing of the petitioner to enter a compromise or otherwise as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.BONTHAVISWANATHA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 & 2: GP FOR HOME The Court at the stage of admission made the following : ORDER: None appears for the petitioner. Heard the learned Government Pleader for Home appearing on behalf of the respondents. This writ petition is filed seeking to declare the action of respondents in trying to interfere with the personal liberties of the petitioner by entertaining civil disputes inter se the petitioner and others either by forcing them to enter into a compromise or otherwise, as illegal and arbitrary. A counter-affidavit is filed on behalf of the respondents denying the allegations made in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition. It is stated that as per the enquiries made by respondent No.2, the petitioner is a notorious criminal, land grabber and he involved in Cr.No.28/2002 of Miyapur Police Station of Cyberabad along with his associates for the offences under Sections 147, 447, 506 read with 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and a charge sheet was filed against them for attempting to grab the lands belonging to the complainant of the said case, and one 32 Revolver No. ACE 0731 made in USA was recovered from the possession of the petitioner. It is stated that the petitioner is also an accused person in Cr.No.29/2002 of Madapur Police Station and a charge sheet was filed against him in the said crime for the offences punishable under Sections 447 and 420 IPC, and he is also an accused in Cr.No.127/2002 under Section 324 IPC of Humayun Nagar Police Station and he is facing trial in the said crime. The allegation that for the last one month the respondents are pressurizing and coercing the petitioner to settle the dispute he had with Mr. Najeebuddin Ghalib or else to face the consequences is denied. Respondent No.2 states that he did not interfere with the civil disputes of the petitioner at any point of time. It is also stated that the respondents never interfered with the personal liberties of the petitioner and the petitioner was never summoned to the police station at any point of time. In view of the above averments in the counter-affidavit filed on behalf of the respondents, no further orders are required to be passed in this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. No costs. ______________ N.V. RAMANA, J Date: 26-4-2005 Svv ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Additional Commissioner of Police (Crimes & SIT), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2. Two C.Cs. to the Government Pleader for Home, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (O.U.T.) 3. Two CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{SPJS}