IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 20478 of 2009 Between: Nandamuri Srinivasarao, . .Petitioner And State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. By its Principal Secretary to Home Department and others. .. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO.20478 OF 2009 ORDER: The petitioner filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of respondent Nos.1 to 5 insisting the petitioner to accept 6th respondent as wife of the petitioner, live with her and repeatedly interfering with the petitioner’s right to life and liberty in many fold as illegal, irregular, without jurisdiction and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere in any manner with the petitioner right to life and liberty nor insisting him to live with 6th respondent. 2) The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, submitted that on the basis of a complaint given by one Chinnamsetti Venkateswar Rao, a case in Crime No.173 of 2008 was registered against the petitioner for the offences punishable under Sections 498(A) and 306 of IPC. Excepting the said registration, the police never directed the petitioner to accept the 6th respondent as his wife or have not done anything as stated by the petitioner in the affidavit. 3) In the light of the said instructions, this Court is of the view that this writ petition can be closed with a direction to the police to investigate into the said crime and file a final report. 4) With the above observations, the Writ Petition is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J October 06, 2009 KSH