THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.30349 OF 2011 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed questioning the action of the second respondent, in detaining the petitioner in the police station at the instance of the third respondent, as without jurisdiction. The petitioner’s case in short is that the second respondent is interfering with the civil disputes between the third respondent on the one hand and himself on the other; the second respondent was sending constables to his house, and threatening his wife to pay the money; and he is being called time and again to settle these disputes. When the matter was listed on 16.11.2011, Learned Government Pleader for Home sought time to obtain instructions. Today the Learned Government Pleader would submit that the third respondent had filed a private complaint before the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Jangaon who, in exercise of his jurisdiction under Section 156 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, had referred the complaint to the Jangaon Police Station; consequently Crime No.341 of 2011 has been registered on 20.11.2011 for the offence under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; and the matter is under investigation. It is also stated that the petitioner herein is A1 in the said complaint. As the complaint has been registered for an offence under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code, I see no reason to interdict the second respondent from causing investigation into the matter. The Writ Petition fails and is, accordingly, dismissed. However, in the circumstances, without costs. _____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J November 21, 2011 MD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.30349 OF 2011 November 21, 2011 MD