IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 10739 of 2006 Between: A. Ramesh S/o late kanakaiah R/o Mucherla Hasanparthy mandal, Warangal Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Station House Officer, Police Station Kamalapur, Karimnagar Dist. 2 The Circle Inspector of Police Police Station Kamalapur Jammikunta Circle, Karimnagar Dist. .....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, order or direction moreparticularly one in the nature of writ of mndamus declaring the action of the respondents in calling the petitioner to the Police Station, Kamalapur, Karimnagar District and herassing the petitioner for payment of the amount payable by his brother to various other persons as illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.PRABHAKAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM W.P.No. 10739 of 2006 Oral Order: The writ petition is ﬁled alleging that the respondents are pressurizing the petitioner for payment of the amounts payable by his brother to the farmers and other persons in Mucherla village, Hasanparthy mandal, Warangal district and alleging unlawful interference with the petitioner’s liberties. The 1st respondent has ﬁled a counter aﬃdavit stating that one Ankathi Machaiah had lodged a complaint on 21-05- 2006 alleging cheating by the petitioner’s brother one Anugam Sambaiah. The complainant alleged that the petitioner’s brother-Sambaiah has cheated the complainant and other farmers of the village and escaped. On the basis of the complaint, crime No. 67 of 2006 under Section 420 IPC was registered on 21-05-2006 and investigation taken up. During the course of investigation it is revealed that the petitioner and his brother-Sambaiah both cheated the ryots of Gudur and Ambala villages of their monies and thus the conduct of the petitioner was also investigated into. The petitioner, who is accused No.2, was arrested on 13-06-2006 and remanded to judicial custody. The ﬁrst accused, the petitioner’s brother-Sambaiah, has not yet been apprehended. All other allegations of unlawful interference with the petitioner’s liberty are denied in this counter affidavit. The allegation regarding the threatening by the respondents that the petitioner would be falsely implicated in NDPS cases is also denied. The counter aﬃdavit was filed on 19-06-2006. There is no response by the petitioner. In the aforesaid circumstances, there are no merits. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ____________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J Dated: 01-08-2008 pvks