( 1 ) SMT. Bheemamma r/o Krishnagar locality in Hyderabad, addressed Hon ble the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court inter alia complaining that her husband was detained by respondents 2 and 3 on 19-11-1998 in connection with some undisclosed undetected cases, that he was earning an amount of Rupees 150/- to Rs. 200/- per day as Rickshaw Puller and looking after the family, that he was being produced before the Court of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, East and North and that on 31-8-1999 she was informed about the death of her husband in the jail. She also alleged that when she was taken to Osmania General Hospital for the purpose of inquest, she and her mother-in-law, aged about 60 years, found marks of violence in the body of her husband late Thimmaiah and when this was brought to the notice of the police, the latter assured appropriate compensation after the completion of investigation. She also alleged that her husband was killed on the instructions of the Jail Superintendent in collusion with the police. The letter of said Bheemamma was treated as a writ petition for the purpose of considering the following prayers :"to issue a writ in the nature o