M.a.Razzak Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

M.a.Razzak Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

No operative relief; writ petition disposed of with the petitioners' right to avail appropriate remedies before the Magistrate concerned expressly reserved if the cause of action still survives; miscellaneous petitions stand closed; no order as to costs.

Issue for consideration

Whether the inaction of respondent Nos. 2 to 4 (Superintendent of Police, DSP and Station House Officer, Sangareddy Rural P.S.) in proceeding with the investigation in Crime No. 234/2017 dated 19.10.2017 is illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice, warranting directions to investigate and take appropriate action against the unofficial respondents. +1 more

Court's answer

The development reported by the learned Assistant Government Pleader demonstrates that the investigation in Crime No. 234/2017 has been completed and a final report has been filed before the competent Magistrate (Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Sangareddy, on 31.12.2019); accordingly, no further proceedings were required in this writ petition.

Ratio / Principle

As the proceedings have already been taken up by the Magistrate concerned, the appropriate remedies available to the petitioners lie before that Court.

Key takeaways

Having regard to the factual position, and reserving the right of the petitioners to avail appropriate remedies before the Magistrate concerned if the cause of action still survives, the writ petition was disposed of; miscellaneous petitions shall stand closed and there shall be no order as to costs.ratio¶50

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ Petition No. 7895 of 2018 — High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad (Special Original Jurisdiction), single bench of Hon'ble Sri Justice N. Tukaramji, decided 10.11.2025. Petitioners M.A.Razzak and M.A.Kareem, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India (with an IA under Section 151 CPC), sought a Writ of Mandamus declaring as illegal, arbitrary and violative of natural justice (i) the inaction of Respondents 2 to 4 (SP, DSP and SHO, Sangareddy Rural P.S.) in proceeding with the investigation of Crime No. 234/2017 dated 19.10.2017 — originally registered under Section 174 CrPC, 1973 as a suspicious death — and (ii) the inaction of Respondent No. 5 (Director, Telangana State Forensic Science Laboratories) in sending the forensic report vide File No. SFSL(TS)/10376/Tox/3125/17 dated 28.10.2017, and directions to investigate and act against the unofficial respondents (Nos. 6 to 11). The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home submitted that the investigating officer had considered the matter, conducted investigation and filed a final report on 31.12.2019 before the Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Sangareddy. The Court held that investigation had been completed and a final report filed before the competent Magistrate, that proceedings having already been taken up by the Magistrate concerned the petitioners' appropriate remedies lie before that Court, and disposed of the writ petition reserving the petitioners' right to seek such remedies if the cause of action still survived, with miscellaneous petitions closed and no order as to costs. No precedent was cited.