THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.30409 OF 2011 ORDER: The action of respondent Nos.3 and 4, in calling the petitioner to Mahankali Police Station; in detaining him for long hours; and in forcing him to pay money to respondent No.5, is questioned in this Writ Petition as being illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner seeks a consequential direction to the respondents not to interfere with his life and liberty except in accordance with law. In the counter aﬃdavit ﬁled by respondent No.4 the fact that the petitioner had submitted a petition on 22.10.2011 before the Deputy Commissioner of Police, North Zone, Hyderabad, stating that he had taken a loan of Rs.1,50,000/- from respondent No.5 and had not paid the said amount to him, is admitted. Respondent No.4 would state that, since the contents of the complaint is purely a money transaction and the dispute is civil in nature, no action was initiated on the petitioner’s complaint, and he was advised to settle the dispute before the competent Civil Court. The respondents would deny having called the petitioner to the police station on 08.11.2011, and to have threatened him that, if he did not pay the amount, a false case would be foisted, and he would be sent to jail. The petitioner’s allegation that the staﬀ of respondent Nos.3 and 4 were calling him on his cell phone, and were threatening to book a false case against him, is also denied as being false and baseless. It is stated that the petitioner was making baseless allegations against the respondents, and no cognizable oﬀence was made out in the petitioner’s complaint. He was advised to settle the matter before the competent Civil Court. In the light of the denial in the counter aﬃdavit, of the petitioner being called to the police station and being asked to settle the matter with the ﬁfth respondent, I see no reason to keep the Writ Petition pending on the file of this Court. The Writ Petition is dismissed. However, in the circumstances, without costs. _____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J November 29, 2011 MD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.30409 OF 2011 November 29, 2011 MD