MOTILAL B. NAIK, J.

( 1 ) IN all these writ petitions, a writ of habeas corpus is sought seeking a direction to the respondent to produce the detenues named therein, before this Court and to set them at liberty and pass appropriate orders.

( 2 ) THOUGH the relief sought in these three writ petitions is writ of habeas corpus to release the individual detenues, the main complaint of the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the writ petitioners is that the requirements laid down by the Supreme Court in D. K. Basu v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1997 SC 610, to be followed in all the cases of arrest or detention till legal provisions are made in that behalf, have been flouted by the police machinery of the State of Andhra Pradesh and failure on the part of the police machinery to comply with the requirements laid down therein would attract imposition of punishment under Contempt of Court as held by the Supreme Court at para 37 of the said decision.

( 3 ) TO meet the general allegations made by the Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, we desired that the responsible officials of the Police Department to file additional counter affidavits indicating the measures taken by the St

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