THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.626 of 2011 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a mandamus declaring the action of respondents 1 to 5 in not investigating into Crime No.433 of 2009 on the file of Mancherial Police Station, registered on 06.11.2009, against respondents 6 to 9, as illegal and arbitrary. Petitioner herein has lodged a private complaint before the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate, Mancherial, Adilabad, who in turn, referred the same to the police for investigation. The police, Mancherial, Adilabad, registered the same as a case in Crime No.433 of 2009 for the offences under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act on 06.11.2009. It is the grievance of the petitioner that no steps are being taken by the police to file final report by concluding the investigation. Sum and substance of the private complaint is that respondents 6 to 9, who were husband, brother-in-law and in-laws of the petitioner respectively, are harassing the petitioner mentally and physically for additional dowry of Rs.20 lakhs. On instructions, it is submitted by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home appearing for respondents 1 to 5 that during the course of investigation, the petitioner was examined and the said investigation revealed that the accused are residents of Jagtial in Karimnagar District and they harassed the complainant at Jagtial in Karimnagar District, as such, the Superintendent of Police, Adilabad, addressed a letter to the Superintendent of Police, Karimnagar, to transfer the said crime to the Police Station concerned in Karimnagar. It is also submitted that Crime No.433 of 2009 registered on the file of Mancherial Police Station was transferred to the Station House Officer, Jagtial Town Police Station and was re-numbered as Crime No.304 of 2010 on 07.10.2010 and the matter is under investigation. The matter was registered by the police, Mancherial, Adilabad, as early as on 06.11.2009 but there was some delay in view of the fact that during the course of investigation, in examining the petitioner/complainant, it has come to light that the demand was at Jagtial and the accused are residents of Jagtial. In view of the same, the crime was transferred from Police Station, Mancherial to Police Station, Jagtial. As it is stated that it was re-numbered in P.S. Jagtial Town as Crime No.304 of 2010 only on 07.10.2010, I deem it appropriate to direct the fourth respondent to complete the investigation therein, as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of two (2) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and file appropriate final report. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _______________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J 28th JANUARY, 2011. kvni