IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF OCTOBER 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 : 3810 of 2008 Between: Smt.Rapolu Aruna W/o. Rapolu Rajesh Kumar, R/o.H.No.1-5-191, Road No.9, Satyanagar, New Maruthinagar, Dilsukhnagar, hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The STation House officer, Saroornagar Police station Ranga Reddy District 2 The Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad Ranga Reddy District 3 The Director General of Police, AP Hyderabad 4 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District \ 5 The Prl.Secretary Home Department, Secretariat Hyderabad .....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 For the reasons stated in the "Letter" dated 15-02-2008 sent by the Petitioner herein, this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue an Order, direction, or a Writ, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to call for the records and remarks from the Respondents herein in and connected to (i) solomonization of the marriage of the Petitioner herein with one Rapolu Rajesh Kumar, on 28-06-2007 as per Hindu Customs; (ii) missing Petitioner's husband since 20-08-2007 on account of severe beating and threat by Petitioner's father- in-law in the night of 19-08-2007 for having illegal relationship with another woman; (iii) harassment of the Petitioner herein by her in-laws and their family members for additional dowry; (iv) action of Respondent authorities on the complaint of the Petitioner about missing of her husband and harassment by her in-laws for additional dowry, though Crime No. 70/08 U/s. 498-A of IPC was registered; and this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to pass appropriate orders directing concerned authorities to probe into the matter and to trace out the husband of Petitioner herein and handover to the Petitioner and to pass such other or further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of case. Counsel for the Petitioner:PETITION Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy) This is a taken up writ petition basing on the letter of the petitioner dated 15.2.2008 addressed to the Hon’ble Chief Justice alleging that her marriage was performed with one Rapolu Rajesh Kumar on 28.6.2007 as per Hindu Customs and at the time of marriage, her parents gave cash, gold ornaments worth Rs.10 lakhs and on 19.8.2007 her father-in-law Mr. Sri Hari severely beat her husband for his illegal relationship with another lady and on the very next day onwards, her husband is missing and absconding and till today, he has not been traced out. It is alleged that on her filing a report, though the police of Saroornagar Police Station registered a case on 19.1.2008 in Crime No.70 of 2008 so far, no action has been taken. In response to the notice issued, a counter affidavit has been filed by the Woman Sub-Inspector of Police, Saroornagar Police Station stating that on registration of the crime on the complaint made by the petitioner, investigation was taken up, A.2-Rapolu Srihari and A.4-Rapolu Suresh were arrested on 19.2.2008 and produced before the II Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad, at L.B. Nagar and were remanded to judicial custody on 20.2.2008. Whereas, A.3-Rapolu Govardhan surrendered himself before the Court on 29.2.2008 and was released on bail as per orders in Crl.M.P.No.315 of 2008. A-1-Rapolu Rajesh Kumar, who is the husband of petitioner is still absconding and after completion of investigation, charge sheet has been filed before the II Metropolitan Magistrate on 29.2.2008 with a prayer to issue Non-Bailable Warrant against A.1, which is yet to be taken on file by the said Court. It is stated that prior to lodging of complaint by the petitioner, already her father-in- law (A-2 in Cr.No.70 of 2008) lodged a complaint on 23.8.2007 stating that his son Mr. Rajesh Kumar (the husband of the petitioner) was found missing since 22.8.2007, on which basis, a case in Crime No.990 of 2007 was registered under the head of Man Missing and investigation was taken up and ultimately, a final report was filed before the Court on 8.1.2008 referring the complaint as ‘Un-detected’ for the time being. In view of the action taken by the police in registering the case in Crime No.70 of 2008 on the basis of the complaint made by the petitioner and filing of the charge sheet in Crime No.990 of 2007 which was registered on the complaint made by the father-in-law of the petitioner, no cause survives for adjudication in the writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. ________________ A. GOPAL REDDY, J. _______________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J. 10.03.2008 Tsr. To 1 The STation House officer, Saroornagar Police station Ranga Reddy District 2 The Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad Ranga Reddy District 3 The Director General of Police, AP Hyderabad 4 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District \ 5 The Prl.Secretary Home Department, Secretariat Hyderabad 6 Two C.Cs. to G.P. for Home, High Court Buildings, (OUT) 7. Two C.D. copies.