IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY THURSDAY, THE 24TH DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY WRIT PETITION No.1031 of 2008 Between: Khaja Naseeruddin Ahmed and three others. … Petitioners And The Station House Oficer, Rural Police Station, Karimnagar Town, Karimnagar District and four others. … 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 appropriate writ order or direction preferably one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents 1 to 3 in interfering with the civil matter by force and threatening the petitioners to implicate in criminal cases at the instance of the respondents 4 and 5 herein as arbitrary, illegal, and contrary to law and consequently direct the respondents 1 to 3 herein not to interfere with the personal liberty of the petitioners herein and pass such other or further orders as are necessary. Counsel for the petitioner: Sri Jalli Kanakaiah. Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Home for R.1 to R.3. This Court made the following: ORDER: This case also raises the same old story of the Police interference in civil disputes. The reply by the Police is on the expected lines that they are not interfering in the civil disputes and the life and liberty of the petitioners. While it is neither feasible nor practicable to test the veracity of the version of the respondents while exercising the power of judicial review under Article 226 of the Constitution, this Court can only record its displeasure at the number of complaints being made by the citizens against the undue interference by the Police in civil disputes at the instance of one of the parties to the said disputes. This Court, in recent times, has been directing the Police not to interfere in civil disputes. In this case, I do not intend to do more than reiterating what I have already stated in my previous orders directing the Police not to interfere in the civil disputes between the petitioners and respondent Nos.4 and 5. Subject to the above observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J 24-4-2008 MNR