IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 7885 of 2008 Between: M.A. Waseem, S/ol Mohd. Abdul Muneen @ Hazi Seth, R/o. H.No. 5-8-323/1 to 5, Shalimar Garden, Nampally, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1The Director General of Police, Government of A.P., Hyderabad. 2The Home Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 3The Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad. 4The Additional Commissioner of Police, Crime, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 5The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central Zone, Hyderabad. 6The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central Crime Station, Hyderabad. 7The Assistant Commissioner of Police, Saidabad, Hyderabad. 8The Inspector of Police, Central Zone Team Central Crime Station, Hyderabad. 9The Station House Officer, Abids Police Station, Hyderabad. .....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 to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring that the action of the respondents in not investigating the Crime No. 241 of 2007 on the ﬁle of Abids Police Station, Hyderabad, despite expiry of about 8 months from the date of registration of the crime, is arbitrary and villagel and consequently, direct the respondents to investigate the said crime forthwith without any unavoidable delay, and grant Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.VENKATARAMANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM W.P.No. 7885 of 2008 Oral Order: The writ petition is ﬁled alleging that the respondents are not investigating into Crime No. 241 of 2008 on the file of Abids Police Station, Hyderabad. The 8th respondent has ﬁled counter aﬃdavit on behalf of all the respondents stating that investigation has been taken up and several witnesses and suspects have been examined, but no clue has yet been found to identify the assailants of the petitioner’s father who was stabbed on 14-09-2007. The learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner is satisﬁed with the nature of investigation and therefore no further orders are required. Noting the averments in the counter aﬃdavit, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. ____________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J Dated: 25-08-2008 pvks