APHC010282322025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] TUESDAY,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 14245/2025 Between: Chittulooru Anil Kumar ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. P M MITHILESHWARA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 14245 OF 2025 ORDER : 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for the State. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the 3rd respondent required the petitioner to appear as a witness in Crime No.31 of 2025 on the file of Nandyal III Town Police Station. The police have issued notice under Section 94 of BNSS and called upon the petitioner submit certain details. It is submitted that the petitioner could not appear on 29.05.2025 as his uncle was unwell. The petitioner is apprehending ill treatment coercion, verbal abuse and mental harassment at the hands of the investigating officer. 3. This Court has considered similar writ petitions and orders passed in WP.No.34842 of 2022, WP.No.8586 of 2025 and WP.No.15307 of 2025. This Court, considering the sensitivity of the case, hereby directs the respondents to follow the directions as under: 1. The investigating officer is hereby directed to issue a proper and adequate notice to the petitioner, indicating the date and time for his examination in accordance with Section 179 of BNSS. The petitioner shall also be permitted to be examined in the presence of their counsel. 2. The investigating officer is further directed to conduct the examination from 11:00 am to 01:00 pm with a lunch break, and thereafter from 03:00 pm to 5:00 pm on the day as notified in the notice issued to the petitioner. 4. As the petitioner is summoned as witness under BNSS, no coercive steps to be taken against the petitioner during his examination. It is made clear that the examination will be conducted in the presence of the petitioner’s counsel; however, the learned counsel shall maintain a reasonable distance from the place of enquiry. 5. With the above observations, the present writ petition is disposed off at the admission stage. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N KGM 177 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION No.14245 OF 2025 Dated 17.06.2025 KGM