THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.16235 of 2009 DATE: 19.08.2009 Between: Md. Yaqoob and another ... Petitioners and The Director General of Police, Government of A.P., Ladkikapool, Hyderabad and others ... Respondents THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.16235 of 2009 ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioners seeking a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of 3rd respondent in summoning them to the police station and threatening to implicate them in false cases, without there being any complaint against them, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. Briefly, the case of the petitioners is that there was a sale transaction in respect of an agricultural land situated at Rudram village, Sanga Reddy Mandal, Medak District, between Shamkumar and R. Mahender Reddy. Subsequently, said R.Mahender Reddy offered to sell the agricultural land in favour of M/s. Rasu Tools Limited, and to that effect, an agreement of sale was entered into between them on 20.5.2009 and the 1st petitioner has signed as one of the witnesses to the said agreement of sale. While so, some disputes arose between R.Mahender Reddy and his vendor Shamkumar and thereby Shamkumar lodged a criminal complaint against R.Mahender Reddy and others, before the Station House Officer, Patancheru P.S., Medak District - 3rd respondent, whio registered the same as a case in Crime No.304 of 2009 for the offences punishable under Sections 468, 471, 474 and 420 of IPC on 04.07.2009. But to their surprise, some police constables came on 20.07.2009 and forcibly took them to the police station and made them to sit there till late night and during their detention, the 3rd respondent questioned the 1st petitioner as to why he stood as a witness to the agreement of sale dated 20.05.2009. The 3rd respondent is also summoning them to the police station and threatening to implicate them in false cases, if they do not come to the police station, as and when they are called. Being aggrieved by the same, they filed this writ petition. 3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Home. 4. On written instructions, the learned Government Pleader for Home has submitted that a case in Crime No.304/2009 was registered against the petitioners for the offences punishable under Sections 468, 471, 474 and 420 IPC and so much of investigation is over and the police, prima facie, came to the conclusion that the petitioners were involved in the said crime. 5. Having considered the submissions made by both the learned counsel and having regard to the fact that a crime No.304 of 2009 on the file of the 3rd respondent was registered against the petitioners, this Court is of the view that the respondents be directed to complete the remaining part of investigation in the said crime and file charge sheet before the competent court forthwith, but at the same time, they also be directed not to harass the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 19th August, 2009 CBS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.16235 of 2009 (Disposed of) 19th August, 2009 CBS