THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.SHRAVAN KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.23757 of 2025

ORDER

This writ petition is filed seeking following prayer:-

“to issue a Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondent Nos.3 and 4 in not initiating investigation even after 6 months of registration of FIR No.378/2024 on the File of PS Nagarkurnool for the death of his wife by abetment of suicide by persons arrayed as accused Nos. 1-7 in FIR No.165/2024 on the file of PS Telkapally even after repeated representations to the respondent nos.3, 4 by directing the respondents nos.3 and 4 to conduct investigation against the persons responsible for her death and pass.”

2. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioner is working as a driver and he was married to one Nasreen Begum and has two children living in Nagarkurnool. It is submitted that one person by name Zaheer @ Chotemiya and Munawar, approached the wife of the petitioner and asked her to invest amount for the purpose of children higher studies, and if she invests Rs.8,50,000/- towards a future release Fixed Deposit, they promised to pay high interests and a Chit Fund in which the amount to pay every month would be Rs. 1,00,000/- (One Lakh Rupees) per month which can be lifted whenever she needs and the returns would be Rs. 28,00,000/- as there are 28 people involved in the chit business. The petitioner submits that his deceased wife invested the amounts which she saved since many years, and for a few months, Zaheer @ Chotemiya and Munawar paid her high interests regularly. It is further submitted that after few months Zaheer Chotemiya and Munawar stopped paying interests, and they had also cheated others in similar Fixed Deposit and Chit Fund Schemes to a tune of Rs. 10-15 crores involving around 45-50 victims similar to the deceased wife of the petitioner. It is submitted that the deceased Nasreen Begum, the wife of the petitioner filed a complaint in PS Telkapally on 13-08-2024 against Zaheer @ Chotemiya, Munawar, Abeda, Irfan, Ikram, Shamsuddin, Khaja Pasha and an FIR was registered with Crime No. 165/2024 under Section 420 IPC and Section 5 of TSPDFEA on the file of PS Telkapally, and the same has been taken up for investigation. The petitioner’s wife having lost money and to overcome with depression consumed pesticide poison on 19-10-2024, and on knowing the same, she was immediately admitted in Gayathri hospital and as she was critical, she was later shifted to Mythri Hospital, Mehdipatnam on 20-10-2024 and was in critical condition for almost 12 days where she succumbed to the poison on 01-

11-2024.

3. Thereafter, the petitioner approached the PS Nagarkurnool and gave a complaint to respondent No. 4 requesting to take action on the persons who were responsible for his wife’s death i.e., Zaheera Chotemiya, Munawar, Abdullah Khan, Ikram, but to the surprise of the petitioner, an FIR was registered with Crime No. 378/2024 in PS Nagarkurnool, without mentioning the names of the accused. It is further submitted that the deceased wife of the petitioner made a complaint against the persons mentioned by the petitioner in his complaint, wherein all the persons named by the petitioner in his complaint were already arrayed as accused Nos.1 to 7 in FIR No. 165/2024 on the file of PS Telkapally, but respondent No. 4 failed to include their names in the FIR No. 378/2024 on the file of PS Nagarkurnool. Thereafter, the petitioner submitted multiple representations requesting to take action against the people, who are responsible for the death of his wife, but no action has been taken by the respondents. Questioning the same, the present writ petition is filed.

4. Sri M. Srinivas, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 4 placed instructions of respondent No.4 wherein it is stated that on 26.11.2024, the Investigation Officer has deputed HC 1562, T. Venkataiah, to SDPO office, Nagarkurnool with i