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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI

WRIT PETITION No.15074 OF 2018

DATE : 28.01.2026

Between:

N.Venkateshwar Varma

…Petitioner

AND

The State of Telangana and Others

…Respondents

ORDER:

This Writ Petition is filed with the following relief:

“…to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, more in the

nature of Mandamus, declaring the action of the 2nd

respondent herein in not taking any action in pursuance to the

representation of the petitioner dated 12.01.2018 seeking to

transfer the investigation into the Crime No. 321/2017

registered with the 4th respondent in pursuance to the

complaint of the petitioner about missing of his daughter Ms.

N.Jabili to CBI even after lapse of more than 3 months as

being illegal, arbitrary and is in negation of established judicial

precedents and consequently direct the respondents to

transfer the investigation to CBI to investigate the crime No.

321/2017 on the file of 4th respondent, and pass........”

2. Heard Ms.B.Madhavi, learned counsel representing

Mr.V.Brahmaiah Chowdary, learned counsel for the petitioner and

Mr.D.Pradeep, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

respondents/authorities failed to conduct a proper and effective

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investigation in Crime No.321 of 2017, registered in relation to the

disappearance of the petitioner’s daughter. It is contended that despite

the lapse of considerable time, the missing person could not be traced,

which, according to the petitioner, reflects serious lapses in

investigation. On these grounds, the present petition has been filed

seeking a direction for transfer of the investigation to another

independent investigating agency.

4. Per contra, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home,

on the basis of written instructions, submits that the respondent police

conducted a thorough and diligent investigation and made all possible

efforts to trace the missing person. It is stated that the investigation

included analysis of digital footprints based on the mobile phone

number of the missing person, verification of social media accounts,

scrutiny of CCTV footage in and around women’s hostels, and even

examination of unidentified dead bodies. It is further submitted that the

bank account of the missing girl was also considered to trace any

financial transactions. In addition, enquiries were conducted at

ashrams, lodges, and other possible locations, and call detail records of

other contact mobile phones were analysed. Despite exhaustive efforts,

no tangible clue could be found to trace the missing person.

Consequently, after completing all necessary investigative steps, the

police filed a final report before the jurisdictional Court, specifically

endorsing that the case would be reopened and further investigated if

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any fresh clue or material surfaced in the future. In view of the same, it

is contended that nothing further survives for consideration in the

present petition, and prayed for appropriate orders.

5. I have perused the material placed on record.

6. The grievance of the petitioner is that the respondents/police

failed to properly investigate the crime and trace his missing daughter.

However, a perusal of the written instructions and the record of

investigation demonstrates that the police undertook extensive and

reasonable efforts to locate the missing person, covering all conceivable

angles, including digital, financial, and physical verification processes.

No material has been placed before this Court to indicate any mala

fides, deliberate inaction, procedural irregularity, or bias in the conduct

of the investigation.

7. It is a well-settled principle of law that transfer of investigation to

another agency is not to be ordered as a matter of course. Such an

extraordinary direction can be issued only when there is prima facie

material to show that the investigation is tainted, unfair, lacking in bona

fides, or conducted in a manner violative of statutory