IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION No.2550 of 2008 Between: The Christians' Association of Andhra Pradesh Off,. D.No. NUG-I 64, Muskmahal, HUDA Colony, Attapur, Hyderabad, A.P., (Regd.No. 1221 of 2007), Rep. by its General Secretary Sri S.K. Sampath Kumar S/o. Kannan, aged 38 yrs Occ: Govt. Service R/o. MIG-I, 64, Musk Mahal, HUDA Colony, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Director General of Police, A.P. Lakdikapool, Hyderabad. 3 The Additional Director of General of Police (Intelligence), Lakdikapool, Hyderabad. 4 The Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. 5 The Superintendent of Police, Cyber Crime A.C. Guards, Hyderabad. 6 The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central Crime Station, Saifabad, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus to direct the Respondents to consider and take action in pursuance of complaint dt. 23-10-2007 in accordance with section 154, 155, 156 etc., of Criminal Procedure Code 1971 and consequently declare the inaction of the respondents in conducting investigation etc., as being violative of Section 154,155, 156 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1971 in the interest of justice and for healthy growth of the society. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.B.SUDHAKAR REDDY & NEERAJA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM Writ Petition No.2550 of 2008 ORAL ORDER: Petitioner-association is aggrieved by the tardy investigation into a complaint lodged to the “Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh” on 23.10.1997. In the complaint, apart from a general allegation and grievance about increasing solicitation for illegal sex, prostitution, pornography and child pornography in websites, the petitioner alleges that a website as specified in the complaint is soliciting prostitution subtly and that action needs to be taken by the police. Aggrieved that expeditious action has not been taken, this writ petition is filed. On behalf of the 5th respondent, a counter-affidavit is filed stating that preliminary investigation did reveal that a woman camouflaging herself in a male name was soliciting prostitution under the specified website and that investigation is in progress. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that a similar complaint was made in the State of Tamil Nadu and the same woman has since been arrested. If that be so, the substantive grievance of the petitioner no longer subsists. In any event, this Court cannot determine a time frame for every investigation, particularly, as the solicitation for illegal activity in websites is a higher technology modus operandi for delinquency and will have to be tackled by the law and order forces, consistent with the available levels of efficiency and man power. In the circumstances, the writ petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ (Justice Goda Raghuram) 4th July 2008 sh