IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G. BIKSHAPATHY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE Ch.S.R.K.PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO : 15573 of 2004 Between: 1 R.Rajasekhar, Advocate, R/o H.No.24-2-309, Tekkamitta, Nellore District. 2 Ch.Pratap Reddy, Advocate, R/o H.No.24-2-309, Tekkamitta, Nellore District. 3 G.Venugopal, Advocate, R/o H.No.24-2-309, Tekkamitta, Nellore District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Station House Officer, Sullurpet Police Station, Nellore District. 2 The Superintendent of Police, Nellore District, Nellore. 3 The District Collector, Nellore District, Nellore. .....RESPONDENTS 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 an Order, direction, or a Writ, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to call for records and remarks from the Respondents herein for brutal beating of one Mr.Sudhakar Reddy, a practicing Advocate, and taking him by tying his hands with a rope, and parading him in semi-nude through the streets in full view of the public, to the police station by the Mufti-Police, the news of which was published in a Telugu Newspaper "Vaartha" on 25-08-2004, without following the directions issued by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in it's Judgment in "D.K.Basu V/s State of West Bengal" reported in Crl.L.J.1997, at Page No.743, and to pass appropriate Orders directing the concerned authorities to take action against the erring police personnel and to pass such other or further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners: R.RAJASHEKAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : O R D E R: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice G.Bikshapathy) Mr.R.Rajashekar, Advocate, Nellore, is present before this Court today and filed a memo stating that he may be permitted to withdraw the Writ Petition in view of the news published in ‘Vaartha’ (Telugu Daily) newspaper, Nellore edition, dated 16-10-2004. 2. Recording the said submission, we are not inclined to pass any order in this Writ Petition. 3. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is closed. No costs. _________________ (G.BIKSHAPATHY, J) _________________ (CH.S.R.K.PRASAD, J) Dated 27.10.2004 Prv To 1 The Station House Officer, Sullurpet Police Station, Nellore District. 2 The Superintendent of Police, Nellore District, Nellore. 3 The District Collector, Nellore District, Nellore. 4 Two CCs to GP for Home, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 5. Two CD copies.