IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH, AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY MONDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY WRIT PETITION No.5764 of 2008 Between: Gorle Somu Naidu and eight others. … Petitioners AND The Station House Officer, Sabbavaram Police Station, Visakhapatnam District. … Respondent Counsel for the petitioners: None. Counsel for the respondent: Asst. G.P. for Home. This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondent in harassing the petitioners by directing them to appear at the Police Station both in the morning and evening and detaining them even though their names do not figure in Crime No.16 of 2008 of Sabbavaram Police Station, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, stated that the petitioners are neither accused in the above mentioned crime nor are they wanted in connection with the said crime. She also stated that the respondent denied the allegation of the petitioners that they are being called to the Police Station frequently and harassing them. This statement of the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home is taken on record and the Writ Petition is disposed directing the respondent not to interfere with the life and personal liberty of the petitioners, without following due process of law. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J 31-3-2008 MNR