IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 31 of 2010 Between: P.Anil Kumar ..... PETITIONER AND State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, Home Department, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA W.P.No.31 of 2010 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioner is that the 5th respondent cheated him by taking money, and on account of which, he sustained huge loss and accordingly, he approached the 3rd respondent-Station House Officer, Sabbavaram, Visakhapatnam Rural, and gave a complaint on 12-11-2009, but however, the same was registered as Crime No.8 of 2010 on 13-01- 2010 for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 447 323 and 506 IPC. According to the petitioner, the police took their own time to register the crime and according to him, they may take further time to complete the investigation and hence, he approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Home and perused the record. 3. It may not be relevant as to when the complaint was given. As seen from the F.I.R. produced by the learned Government Pleader for Home, it is clear that the crime was registered only on 13-01-2010 and hence, in my considered view, the police shall have a considerable time to complete the investigation, and it cannot be expected that the entire investigation in an offence of this nature will be done in days or months. However, as it is the apprehension of the petitioner that though the complaint was given on 12-11-2009, the respondent-authorities registered the F.I.R. only on 13-01-2010, and therefore, they may also take much more time to complete the investigation, the writ petition can be disposed of with certain directions to the 3rd respondent. 4. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage directing the 3rd respondent- Station House Officer, Sabbavaram, Visakhapatnam Rural, to investigate into the matter and submit a final report as provided for under Section 173 Cr.P.C. before the competent Criminal Court within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ 29th January 2010 KVR