Dumpa Venkateshwara Reddy v. The Station House Officer,
WP/14717/2019 · 2025-08-20
B V L N Chakravarthi
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APHC010315812019
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3368] THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI
WRIT PETITION NO: 14717/2019
Between:
1. DUMPA VENKATESHWARA REDDY, S/O. SUBBA REDDY, AGED 57 YEARS, OCC- BUSINESS, R/O. SANTANUTANALAPADU VILLAGE AND MANDAL, PRAKASAM DISTRICT.
...PETITIONER
AND
1. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, SANTANUTANALAPADU POLICE STATION, PRAKASAM DISTRICT.
2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT.
3. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT.
4. EDARA MADHAVI, W/O. YESHWANT KUMAR, AGED 49 YEARS, R/O. PLOT NO.1, SRI VENKATA NIVAS, RAJIV NAGAR, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT.
5. KALKIPATI PADMAVATHI, W/O. NAGESHWAR RAO, AGED 49 YEARS, R/O. 2-1-3, GADDLAGUNTA, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT.
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6. EDARA YESHWANT KUMAR, S/O. SRINIVASULU, AGED 56 YEARS, R/O. PLOT NO.1, SRI VENKATA NIVAS, RAJIV NAGAR, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT.
7. KALKIPATI NAGESHWAR RAO, R/O. 2-1-3, GADDLAGUNTA, ONGOLE, PRA KASAM DISTRICT
...RESPONDENT(S):
Counsel for the Petitioner:
1.
P NAGENDRA REDDY 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.14717 OF 2019
ORDER:
This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the following relief:
“….to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondent No.1 in not registering the FIR in pursuant to the complaint dated 29.9.2019 submitted by the petitioner 4 against the respondents 4 to 7 even in spite of the contents of the complaint clearly disclose the commission of the cognizable offences of cheating, criminal breach of trust, extortion, conspiracy etc., as arbitrary, illegal and contrary to section 154 of Cr.P.C. and consequently direct the respondent No.1 to register the FIR based on the complaint dated 21.9.2019 submitted by the petitioner against the respondents 4 to 7 for committing the offences of cheating, criminal breach of trust, extortion, conspiracy etc., and proceed with the investigation in accordance with law and file the charge sheet in the interest of justice and pass…”
2.
Learned counsel representing Sri P.Nagendra Reddy, learned counsel for the writ petitioner would submit that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for further adjudication, and the writ petition has become infructuous.
3. Learned Additional Government Pleader for Home is in attendance.
4. Recording the submission made by the learned for the petitioner, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs.
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As a sequel thereto, interlocutory applications, if any, pending in this Writ Petition shall stand closed.
______________________________ JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI 21.08.2025 Pmk
5 14 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI
WRIT PETITION No:14717 OF 2019
Date: 21.08.2025
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