APHC010298412019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3368] MONDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION NO: 13842/2019 Between: 1. S.KALYAN KUMAR, S/O NAGARAJU, AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, OCC NEWS REPORTER, R/O H.NO.7- 483-17-A, VASAVI NAGAR, DHONE, KURNOOL DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KURNOOL DISTRICT, AT KURNOOL. 3. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, DHONE, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 4. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, VELDURTHI POLICE STATION, VELDURTHI, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 5. BOGOLU VENKATA RAMI REDDY, R/O BOGOLU VILLAGE, VELDURTHI MANDAL, KURNOOL DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): 2 Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. THOTA GOPINATH Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME (AP) The Court made the following: 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N.CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION No.13842 OF 2019 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the following relief: “….to issue an appropriate writ or any other order or direction particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the 4th respondent in harassing the petitioner by calling him to the police station and making him to sit in the police station for hours together as illegal and violative of Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the 4th respondent not to interfere with the personal liberty of the petitioner and his family members and pass…” 2. Heard Sri Thota Gopinath, learned counsel for the writ petitioner and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on written instructions, would submit that police never harassed the petitioner as alleged in the writ petition and they will follow due procedure as prescribed under law. 4. Considering the above submission made by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, this Court is of the considered opinion that the cause of action itself would not survive and at this length of time no further orders are required in the writ petition. 5. Therefore, 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 15.09.2025 Pmk 4 16 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION No:13842 OF 2019 Date: 15.09.2025 Pmk