THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.28710 OF 2011 ORDER: The relief sought for in this Writ Petition is to direct the official respondents, particularly the fourth respondent, not to interfere with the life and liberty of the petitioner nor to summon him to the police station or interrogate or question him in any manner otherwise than in accordance with law. It is the petitioner’s case that he is a lease holder of agricultural lands admeasuring Ac.11-24 guntas in Survey No.75 and Ac.8-16 guntas in Survey No.79 in Manneguda Village, Vikarabad Taluq, Ranga Reddy District, by virtue of lease deed entered into on 01.09.2011 between him and the fifth respondent; disputes arose between the fifth respondent and his wife, as a result of which the fifth respondent approached the police seeking the petitioner’s eviction from the said lands; on 23.10.2011 the fourth respondent had sent his constables to the petitioner’s residence summoning him to the police station; he made him sit during the day demanding that he settle the matter; no FIR had been registered against the petitioner; and, in the absence of FIR, the police had no power to investigate into any offence or summon the petitioner or otherwise interrogate him. When the matter came up on 24.10.2011, Learned Government Pleader for Home sought time to obtain instructions. Today, the Learned Government Pleader would submit that Crime No.149 of 2011 was registered at Chengamoul Police Station on 23.10.2011 for offences under Sections 448, 427, 506 and 323 read with 34 IPC, and the matter is under investigation. According to the Learned Government Pleader the FIR has been registered, and the respondent officials are not interfering with any civil disputes much less seeking to evict the petitioner from the lands in question. Once an FIR is registered, the Investigating Officer is bound to investigate into the matter, and it is open to them to call the petitioner, who is accused No.1 in the crime, over to the police station in connection with the investigation being carried by them. In as much as FIR has been registered, and the matter is being investigated, I see no reason to grant the relief sought for in the Writ Petition. The Writ Petition fails and is, accordingly, dismissed. However, in the circumstances, without costs. _____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J October 28, 2011 MD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.28710 OF 2011 October 28, 2011 MD