IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 23319 of 2009 Between: M.Daraneedhar and four others. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND The Sub Inspector of Police, Jammalamadugu Town police station and three others. .....RESPONDENT(S) THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 23319 of 2009 ORDER: The daughter of the 4th respondent and the brother of the 1st petitioner are in love with each other and they left their respective houses without informing anybody on 16-10-2009. The 4th respondent approached the 1st respondent-Sub Inspector of Police, Jammalamadugu Town p.s., and made a complaint. The police registered a crime as a missing case. On suspicion that the brother of the 1st petitioner is responsible, the police started visiting the house of the petitioners and making enquiries about the brother of the 1st petitioner and are pressuring them to inform the whereabouts of the daughter of the 4th respondent. As the petitioners do not know any thing about the said incident, they expressed their inability. But as the police have started harassing them, the petitioners approached this Court and filed the writ petition. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Home, appearing for the respondents 1 to 3. 3. When once the crime is registered as a missing case, and the petitioners are not shown as accused in the said crime, in my considered view, the police personnel cannot interfere with the personal life and liberty of the petitioners. 4. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners and as the said crime has been registered as a missing case, the writ petition can be disposed of with a direction to the respondents. 5. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission with a direction to the respondents 1 to 3 not to interfere with the personal life and liberty of the petitioners without following the due process of law. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ October 30, 2009 kvr