IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 15388 of 2008 Between: Cheepurupalli Satyanarayana, S/o.Late Narayana, Resident of Perantalaplem village Veduruparthi Post,Kasimkota Mandal Visakhapatnam District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Sub Inspector ,Government Railway Police Vizianagaram, Vizianagaram District 2 The Superintendent of Police, Government Railway Police, Vizianagaram, Vizianagaram District .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondent No.1 in frequently harassing the petitioner for money and threatening the petitioner to implicate him in false case if the said unlawful demand is not met as illegal, arbitrary, and it is further consequentially prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to direct the respondent No.2 to take appropriate action against the respondent No.1 and pass such other orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.R.SANKU & KAVITI MURLI KRISNA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 15388 of 2008 ORDER: The writ petition is misconceived. It is alleged in para-2 of the writ petition that the Sub-Inspector of the Railway Police, Vizianagaam on 19/6/2008 at about 4.00 P.M. along with two Constables, barged into the petitioner’s house; abused him in foul language; assaulted him and his wife; and when his wife intervened, hit her in the stomach. The petitioner also alleges that the 1st respondent is out to falsely implicate him in Crime No. 30 of 2008, dated 7.3.2008, on the file of Vizianagaram P.S., which is registered against unnamed accused for an offence under Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code. Since the petitioner asserts serious transgression of law by an Officer of the Police establishment of the State, namely, the Sub-Inspector in the Government Railway Police, Vizianagaram, which would amount to offences cognizable under the Indian Penal Code, the petitioner is entitled to prefer a complaint to the jurisdictional police under Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and thereafter, if no action is taken, prefer a complaint to the jurisdictional Magistrate. In the circumstances and in view of the availability of an alternative, efficacious, statutory remedy including to the judicial branch, this court is not inclined to entertain this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed at the stage of admission. No costs. ____________________ GODA RAGHURAM,J DATE: 17th July, 2008 pnb