HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH And HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.SURI APPARAO W.P. No. 5309 of 2011 DATED: 07.03.2011 Between: V.Obulamma .. Petitioner And 1. The Superintendent of Police 2. The Dy. Superintendent of Police 3. The Station House Officer .. Respondents O R D E R:- (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice V. Eswaraiah) The petitioner is the wife of the alleged detenue – Vankam China Venkata Subbanna, who is the M.P.T.C–II member of Dommara Nandyala village. He got elected as such for a Ticket on behalf of Telugu Desam Party. While so, the State Election Commissioner, recently, published election notification for the vacancies of Members of Legislative Council from local bodies of Kadapa District, scheduled be held on 21.03.2011. It is stated that on 26.02.2011, in connection with the M.L.C. elections, one Lakshmaiah, who belongs to the group of recent Ruling Party M.L.A. Sri C.Adinarayana Reddy, kidnapped her husband. Then, she made a complaint to the 3rd respondent, who registered a case in Cr.No.19/2011 for the offence under Section 342 IPC. Now, the petitioner’s grievance is that even though the respondents-police are fully aware of the whereabouts of her husband, they are not taking steps to produce the detenue. Hence, the petitioner has filed the present writ petition seeking a writ of Habeas Corpus to direct the respondents to produce her husband and set him free. We have orally examined the petitioner and the alleged detenue, and recorded his statement. The alleged detenue has submitted that he would like to go along with his wife to his native place with police protection and exercise his franchise in the M.L.C. Elections on 21.03.2011, because in connection with the elections, both the parties are attempting to take him forcibly and keep under their custody. He has also submitted that he would like to withdraw the writ petition filed by him in W.P. No. 5534 of 2011. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents-police to render necessary police protection to the alleged detenue till the M.L.C. elections are over so as to enable him to live along with his wife in his village and exercise his franchise on the date of election. He is at liberty to withdraw W.P. No.5534 of 2001 filed by him. No order as to costs. ________________ V. ESWARAIAH, J 07.03.2011 __________________ V. SURI APPARAO, J bcj