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APHC010278792025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY ,THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 14042/2025 Between: Dereddy Narasimha Reddy ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Ap and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner:
1. AKULA SRI KRISHNA SAI BHARGAV Counsel for the Respondent(S):
1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following:
Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home appearing for the respondent-police.
2. The grievance of the petitioner is that the respondent-police are calling them to the police station without there being any crime registered, at the behest of the third parties.
3. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, submits that based on the application filed by a private party, the petitioner was called to the police station for pacifying the dispute between the petitioner and the third party. He further submits that based on the report submitted by one Akkala Natha Reddy, a crime was registered against the petitioner.
4. Be that as it may, the respondents 3 to 5 are not supposed to interfere in any civil dispute pending between the petitioner and the third party. The respondents 3 to 5 ought to have referred the third party and the petitioner to the competent civil court for settlement of a civil dispute.
4. In view of the facts and circumstances of the case, the respondent-police are directed not to interfere in any civil dispute pending between the petitioner and the third party. Instead, the respondents-police are directed to refer the petitioner and the third party to a competent civil Court for settlement of a civil dispute.
With the above observation, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO,J
Date: 29.05.2025
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