Sande Venkatramulu v. The State of Telengana

Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of MANDAMUS By declaring the action of respondent No-7 in not completing investigation and not taking action against accused persons and not filing Charge sheet in Crime No.776 of 2O24 despite registering First lnformation Report on 1211212024 as illegal, arbitrary, violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of lndia ' -;,'|-.f <i 4;-+-E-i+!-? and Consequently direct the respondent no.2 and 3 to char ge the investigation officer in the crime no.77612O24, d|.12.12.2024 and file the :harge sheet before the concern magistrate lA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petrtion under Section 151 CPC praying that in the cir: rmstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Cour: may be pleased to direct the respondent No.7 to produce the CD file (Case Di: y) in relating to the crime No 77612024, dt.12.12.2024 forthwith pending dispos rl of the main writ petition Counsel for the Petitioner : SRI MOGILI ANAVENI Counsel for the Respondents: SRI M: SRINIVAS, AGP FOR l- OME The Court made the following: ORDER w THIT HONOUI{ABLE SRI IUSTICE N.V.SHRAVAN KUMAR WIIIT PETITION No.28079 of 2025 ORDER Hcarcl lc.arnecl counscl for thc pctitioner ar-rcl Sri.M.Srinivas, learned Assistant Governmcnt Plearlcr for Home appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 7 With their conselrt, Lhis r.vrit petition is bcing t.rken up for disposal at thc aclmission stage itself .

2. l'his writ petition has bcen filed seeking the following prayer:- "to declarc tlu' nction of rtsT;t,ttdetrl No.7 itr trttt conryletutg irruestigntiort ottd rtot trtkirtg tttliotr rtertitst nccttsctl ltcrsons tul not filtrLg Clmrge slutt rtt C,rittrc No./76 o.[ ?021 LfusltLte rt:gisteritry First lnt'orntntion Rqtort ott 12.72.2024 ns t[[tgol, rrbitrnnl, ttiolntitte of Article 21 o.f tlu, (-onsliltttiott ttl Inlit ttul Lottscryu'tttly direct tle respondetLt tto.2 nnd 3ltt dnttgt llu ittt'tsti2lttLtort ol.'ficcr in tlrc crine no.776/2024 dt 12.12.2024 nnLl .lilc tltt clnrgc slu'et ltcfore the concern nngisLrntc."

3. Brief facts statecl in this u,rit petitton arc that since last 10 years, petitioner is working as Director in Srinidhi Mutuallv aided Cooperativc Society, Mettugadda Branch. It is fulther-suLrurlted that the prctitioncr noticecl that sonle of the cn-rployees of tl'rc sairl CoopcraLive Socit'tv, hatched a plan to grab the public amount, hence, the petitioner on 30.11.2024 gave a detailed complaint and requcsted the rcspctrtclent autl.roritics to takc actioll. Thcreafter, respondent No.7 issued notice datcd 04.12.20?4 directing thc pctitioner to submit evidence about the misappropriation of funds and the petitioner on

06.L2.2024, had submitted the relcvant evitlencc. Later, FIR No776 of 2024 rvas registercd on 72.72.2027. 'fhe casc of the pelitioncr is tl'rat though the FIR No.776 of 2024 was registercd, till tlate the rcspondent authorities failed to complete in'estigation and fire charge srreet bcfore t re c.mpett,rrt C.urt 2 Aggrieved bv the same, this writ petition is filecl. v

4. Learnc,l Assistant Governrlcnt I)lttacier lor ol.t1c appcarjnrl for. resPo.dent N.s.l kr 7 placed on recorcl instructi..s rs. L eri 1.,,... Sul,_l.spcctor of Police, Mahabubnagar Ilural police statiol.r, Mal aL.rul,r-ragal District, wherein it is statecl that on petitioner,s complaint rr, tcd .10.11 202+, FIR No 776 of 2021 was registered uncler scction 31g (4) reat r ,vith 3(5) BNS datccl 12122024. [t is ]:trrthcr submitted that the petitiont,r alrcrlcd trrat [)cga Anja.cyulu a,cl .thers have misap propria teci thc rr r cis .f thc sri.irrhr Mutually airlcrl C.operative society, hcncc, trre pt'titi.r t r r.,,.rs issrrecl ..ticc datcd 04 12 2014 a^d was dirccted to prorluce tht: rcrt.t rrrt rrocunrcnts. c)r.r 15'02 2025, thc pctitioner hatr submitted Irrc clocLr.rcrris iiscrirsing ab.ut 30 transactions ant'l thc samc have to be analyzccl with thc b.r k st.rtcmcnts ol thc accused persons who are 19 in numbers.

5. Learncd Assistant Govcrrrncnt pleader furthr.r sul.lmits that thc investigation is untter progress ancl once thc sarnc is conr rlt.tcrt, apPropria te rcport would L'e filcd bcfore the jurisdictionar Court rr tiri. a rt..rs..abrr. pcriocl.

6. Havirrg considered the above facts and circur.rst Lrlcc ahd w,ithout expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this writ I rtiti()n is disposecl of directing thc respondent authorities to complete the p.r li.g in'cstigatio. in FIR No 77(r of 2e24, by forowing due proccrlure as co.t( r rpratcd u.der ltrw, J :z and file appropriate report, as cxpeclitiousiy as possible, before the concerned

7. With the above directions, this writ Petition 1S disposecl of \4iscellaneous applications, if an1' pentling, shall stand closed. No order as to sdi- S GOWRT SHANKAR S ANT REGISTRA //TRUE COPY// ECTION OFFICER To, HYderabad. 1 . The Principal Secretary Home' Department' The State of Telengana ' 2. The Director General of Police (DGP)' Telangana State' Hyderabad' 3. The lnspector General of Police (lG)' Multizone-ll' Hyderabad' O/o DGP 4. The Deputy lnspector General of Police (DlG)' Jogulamba Zone' Office, HYderabao ' Mahabubnagar.

5. The Superintendant of Police (SP)' 6. The Deputy Superintendant of Poli District.

7. The Station House Officer (SHO)' District Mahabubnagar' N/ahabubnagar' District ce (DSP), Mahabubnagar' trilahabubnagar' Mahabubnagar Rural' Mahabubnagar'

8. One CC to SRI' MOGILI ANAVENI Advocate [OPUC] 9. Two CCs to GP FOR HOME 'High 'l 0. Two CD CoPies (d- Court for the State of Telangana lOUTl PVL PMK HIGH COURT DATED:1710912025 ORDER WP.No.28079 of 2025 ,u' t.;I .-, i'.t.r \\'?t\.. " ',1 ^''.\ l4 t,:; 205 - .5r /\r(.ti .r' DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS trA- 1 Lf