THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 27494 OF 2007 DATED: 11-2-2008 Between: Mendraguthi Nagendramma ……………Petitioner And Mr. Victor and seven others ……………Respondents ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy, J) This is a writ of habeas corpus filed alleging illegal detention of Mendraguthi Lazar, son of Anjaiah by the respondents on 7-12-2007. It is stated that recently the petitioner got information on phone that the alleged detenu is in illegal custody of Rajendranagar Police station and that when she approached the Rajendranagar Police Station, it was revealed that he was illegally confined and severely beaten by the police. Telegram dated 11-12-2007 sent by the petitioner to the Circle Inspector of Polcie, Bapatla; the Superintendent of Police, Guntur; The Director General of Police, Hyderabad and to various other agencies discloses that the petitioner’s husband has been illegally taken away by the Sub-Inspector of Police, and ID Party Constables at 7.30 PM on 7-12-2007 and handed over to Chennai Police, but when she went to Chennai Police Station, she could not trace out him. The counter affidavit filed by the Inspector of Police, Rajendranagar Police Station discloses that the alleged detenu was arrested by the police of Shamshabad on 28-12-2007 in connection with Crime No. 424 of 2007 registered for the offences under Section 356 and 379 IPC and was produced before the VIII Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Rajendranagar on 29-12-2007 and the learned Magistrate remanded him to judicial custody and pursuant to the remand order, he was lodged at Central Prison, Cherlapalli, Ranga Reddy District and subsequently on 7-1- 2008, he was enlarged on bail. On filing the above counter, the learned Advocate General was called upon to obtain instructions about the action taken on the telegram sent by the petitioner to the Circle Inspector of Police, Bapatla and the counsel for the petitioner was also called upon to inform the detenu to be present in the Court to ascertain the fact of his being arrested on 7-12-2007 as alleged. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the alleged detenu is now in Orissa State. Having regard to the fact that the alleged detenu is not coming forward to substantiate the allegations made by the petitioner, we have to accept the counter affidavit filed by the 7th respondent about the arrest of the detenu and also in view of the fact that he has already been produced before the learned Magistrate, no further adjudication is called for in the present writ petition. It is accordingly dismissed. A. GOPAL REDDY, J NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J Dated: 11-02-2008 ks