IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 25765 of 2007 Between: 1 B.David Benhur S/o.B.James R/o.H.No.501, Chirag Ali lane, Hyderabad 2 Mary Sujatha W/o.Vijay R/o.Secunderabad 3 Kailash S/o.Raghunath R/o.80 Calvery Barracks Alwal, Ranga Reddy District 4 D.Madhusudhan Reddy S/o.Raji Reddy R/o.H.No.11-14-289, Srinagar colony LB Nagar, Ranga Reddy District 5 Mohd.Aleem Khan S/o.Not known R/o.Toli Chowki, Mehdipatnam Hyderabad 6 U.M.Solomon Raj S/o.Late Rev.U.Manikyam R/o.H.No.12-7-3, New mettuguda Secunderabad 7 D.Johsn S/o.Vinod Kumar R/o.New Mettuguda, Secunderabad 8 K.Venkat Krishna S/o.K.Rajaiah R/o.H.no.1110, Savarkar Nagar Nalgonda, Nalgonda District 9 P.R.Hruday Kumar S/o.P.Rajeshwar R/o.Plot No.23, Venkata Sainagar cvolony Alwal, Secunderabad 10 P.Vijay Kumar S/o.Not known R/o.Kachiguda, Hyderabad 11 Kaaushal Kishore S/o.Not known R/o.Himayathnagar, Hyderabad 12 T.S.G.Narasimha Rao S/o.Not known R/o.Saidabad Hyderabad 13 Sarvesh Kishore S/o.Madhava Rao R/o.H.no.30-840,NIC Khanajiguda Secunderabad 14 K.B.Nixon S/o.K.B.Andrews R/o.Plot No.17, misha Towers Tirumalgheery, Secunderabad 15 K.William S/o.K.Andreya R/o.Plot No.302, H.No.3-105/3/C, Sri Lakshminagar Ranga Reddy District 16 Deepender Singh S/o.Veerender Singh R/o.H.No.14-1-367/1, New Agapura Hyderabad 17 K.Innaiah S/o.Sebastian R/o.Plot No.24, Sri Durga Estates Jeedimetla Ranga Reddy District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Principal Secretary, Department of Home Government of Andhra Pradesh, secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Commissioner of Police, Government of Andhra pradesh, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 3 The Station House officer, Gopalapuram police station North zone Secunderabad .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in taking appropriate steps for the arrest of respondent No.4, who is accused No.3 in Crime No.5 of 2007 on the file of Gopalapuram Police Station, Secunderabad, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, there is no representation for the petitioners. I have heard the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home and perused the counter-affidavit filed by the Inspector of Police, Gopalapuram Police Station. He stated in the counter affidavit that on the complaint given by the petitioners, Crime No.5 of 2007 was registered against P.Satish, Priya and Shilpa under Section 420 IPC; that the Investigation Officer examined as many as 30 witnesses and recorded their detailed statements; that on 14.02.2007, A.1 was arrested and remanded to judicial custody by the learned X Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Secunderabad on 15.02.2007, A.2 surrendered before the said Magistrate in connection with Crime No.273 of 2006 and 40 of 2007 of Mahankali Police Station and on the requisition filed before the said Court, the learned Magistrate remanded her in connection with the present case i.e. Crime No.5 of 2007. As regards respondent No.4, it is stated that she has been absconding and efforts are being made to trace her. It is further stated that charge sheet has been prepared and being filed shortly before the jurisdictional Magistrate showing respondent No.4 as absconding with a prayer to issue non-bailable warrant against her. From the above-mentioned averments contained in the counter affidavit, I am convinced that the respondents police have been taking effective steps for apprehending respondent No.4. Hence, I am not inclined to give any directions as sought for by the petitioners in this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.33581 of 2007 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 23rd APRIL, 2008 kvni