( 1 ) THE petitioner seeks a Writ of Mandamus directing the second respondent namely, the superintendent of Police, Mahbubnagar, to register a criminal case under Sections 343 and 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), to investigate the said offence by the Crime branch, Criminal Investigation Department (CB CID) and initiate disciplinary action against the first respondent and other policemen who are responsible for allegedly causing the death of her husband. She also prayed this Court to award appropriate compensation to the family of the deceased and pass such other orders as are deemed fit.

( 2 ) THE petitioner is the wife of one mahadev and resident of Kami village in makthal Mandal, Mahbubnagar District. She alleged in the affidavit accompanying the writ petition that her husband was taken into police custody by the first respondent on 9-5-2001, confined him in illegal detention and subjected to severe torture and ill-treatment, as a result of which he died in the police lock up. She pleaded that on 9-5-2001, at about 3. 00 p. m. the Sub- inspector of Police, first respondent herein, the Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police and other policemen came to the village in