THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.23392 of 2010 DATED: 24.09.2010 Between: P. Vijaya Bhaskar and another .. Petitioners And Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Hyderabad and others. .. Respondents ORDER: It is the grievance of the petitioners that respondents 2 and 3, who are police officials, are harassing them by calling them to police station, without there being any crime registered against them, and threatening to produce 12 tulas of gold, alleged to have been sold to them by accused in a crime, who is said to have committed theft. Respondent No.3- Sub Inspector of Police, Bowenpally Police Station, Secunderabad, filed a detailed counter-affidavit, wherein while denying the allegations made by the petitioners, it is stated that one Mohd. Azam, who is accused in Crime No.243 of 2010 on the file of Bowenpally Police Station, which was registered for the offences punishable under Sections 457 and 380 I.P.C., confessed that he sold the stolen property of gold in the said crime to the petitioners herein and thereupon, respondent No.3, along with the said accused, visited the shop of the petitioners, but the petitioners denied of receiving or purchasing the stolen property from the said accused. It is further stated that except enquiring with the petitioners about the purchase of alleged stolen property in Crime No.243 of 2010, based on the confession of the accused therein, as stated above, the respondent police never harassed the petitioners or summoned them to police station, and that the petitioners are not at all required in any criminal case registered on the file of Bowenpally Police Station and so far no case whatsoever is registered against them. In view of the aforesaid stand taken by the respondent No.3, no further orders need be passed in the present writ petition. Accordingly, placing on record the stand taken by respondent No.3, referred above, the writ petition is closed. No order as to costs. __________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 24th September, 2010 IBL