The court directed police authorities to refrain from interfering with the personal life and liberty of the petitioner in a matter involving civil disputes, while simultaneously ordering the expedition of the criminal investigation.

ORDER :

This Writ Petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is filed seeking the following relief:

“….to declare the action of respondent Nos.3 to 5 in interfering in a purely civil dispute, misusing police powers at the behest of unofficial respondent Nos.6 to 8, threatening petitioners to open a rowdy sheet, forcibly evict the 2nd petitioner from Flat No.403, Krishna Kunj Apartments, Musheerabad, Hyderabad, and threatening to implicate the 2nd petitioner and his minor children in false criminal cases, as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional, and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India consequently direct the 2nd respondent Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad, to consider and pass appropriate orders on the complaint dated 23.10.2025 submitted by the 1st petitioner, in accordance with law, within a time frame to be fixed by this Honble Court and direct the respondent police authorities not to interfere in the civil disputes pending between the petitioners and unofficial respondent Nos.6 to 8, except in accordance with due process of law and to pass...”

2. Heard Mr. Syed Waheed Ali, learned counsel for the petitioners; Sri M.Srinivas, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home appearing for respondent Nos.1 and 2; and perused the record.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that Petitioner No.1 is the absolute owner and possessor of a residential building known as Krishna Kunj Apartments, comprising five floors with 25 flats, situated at H.No.1-4-445, Bholakpur, Kavadiguda, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. The petitioner acquired the said property through a registered Sale Deed bearing Document No.2048 of 2011 dated 17.08.2011. Petitioner No.3 is working as a supervisor of the said apartment and is under the employment of petitioner No.1. In the year 2022, while petitioner No.1 was seeking assistance for sale of certain flats, respondent Nos.6 to 8, who are close associates, approached petitioner representing themselves as real estate dealers. Taking undue advantage of the advanced age and trust of petitioner No.1, they induced him to enter into an unregistered Agreement of Sale dated 11.04.2022 and subsequent Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), assuring that they would facilitate the sale of flats, clear outstanding loan liabilities, and pay the agreed sale consideration. However, respondent Nos.6 and 7, in collusion with respondent No.8, abused the trust reposed in them and fraudulently got several flats registered in their favour or in the names of third parties without payment of any valid consideration. They falsely represented issuance of multiple cheques towards sale consideration, all of which were dishonoured upon presentation. Aggrieved by the fraudulent acts, petitioner No.1 instituted civil suits seeking cancellation of the said sale deeds and also lodged complaints before the police authorities. However, no effective action was taken against Respondent Nos.6 to 8. Subsequently, an oral agreement between the petitioners and Petitioner No.2 was reduced into writing through an MOU concerning the sale of litigated flats after they became free from legal disputes. Upon gaining knowledge of this arrangement, respondent No.8, with mala fide intent, lodged a false complaint dated 28.04.2025, leading to registration of FIR No.121 of 2025 after an unexplained delay. Thereafter, another false case was registered on 15.05.2025 through an unknown complainant, resulting in FIR No.136 of 2025, without even notifying the petitioners. Further, the Apartment Owners Association issued a notice dated 16.09.2025 to unofficial respondent No.8 regarding his illegal oc