APHC010165802020 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3368] WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION NO: 10418/2020 Between: 1. PILLI RADHA KRISHNA, S/O PILLI SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, AGED 40 YEARS, R/O D.NO.2-181, DURGA STREET, MADHAVAPATNAM, SAMALKOT, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 2. PILLI SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, S/O PUTRAYYA, AGED 72 YEARS, R/O D.NO.2-181, DURGA STREET, MADHAVAPATNAM, SAMALKOT, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 3. PILLI ANANTHA LAKSHMI, W/O PILLI SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, AGED 62 YEARS, R/O D.NO.2-181, DURGA STREET, MADHAVAPATNAM, SAMALKOT, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, ANDHRA PRADESH, MANGALAGIRI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT AT KAKINADA. 4. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, THONDANGI POLICE STATION, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT ...RESPONDENT(S): 2 Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. KILARU NITHIN KRISHNA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N.CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION NO.10418 OF 2020 ORDER: This Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is filed for the following relief: “….to issue an appropriate writ order or direction preferably a Writ in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents more particularly the 4th Respondent in trying to arrest the petitioners herein in connection with Crime No.230 of 2020, dated 12.6.2020 for the offences u/s 188, 506, 114, 494 r/w 511 r/w 34 IPC, 3 (2)(va) SC, ST (POA) Act, 51 (b) of DMA, 2005 of Thondangi Police Station, East Godavari District without following Section 41A Cr.P.C. is illegal, arbitrary, malafide, abuse of power and contrary to the directions issued by the Honourable Supreme Court of India in Arnesh Kumar case and consequently direct the 4th Respondent not to arrest the petitioners herein in connection with Crime No.230 of 2020, dated 12.6.2020 for the offences u/s 188, 506, 114, 494 r/w 511 r/w 34 IPC, 3 (2)(va) SC, ST (POA) Act, 51 (b) of DMA, 2005 of Thondangi Police Station, East Godavari District without following the procedure prescribed in Section 41A Cr.P.C. and pass…” 2. Sri Kilaru Nithin Krishna, learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for further adjudication and the Writ Petition has become infructuous. 4 3. Learned Additional Government Pleader for Home is in attendance. 4. Recording the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioners, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, interlocutory applications, if any, pending in this Writ Petition shall stand closed. ______________________________ JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI 08.01.2025. Pmk 5 11 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION NO:10418 of 2020 Date:08.01.2025 Pmk