APHC010398062024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION No. 20401/2024 Between: 1. KONARI SRIDHAR, S/O LATE MOHAN RAO, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, R/O FF-1, NITIN ARCADE, PRADEEP NAGAR, VIZIANAGARAM, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT. 2. KONARI JYOTHSNA DEVI,, W/O SRIDHAR, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, R/O FF-1, NITIN ARCADE, PRADEEP NAGAR, VIZIANAGARAM, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT, VIZIANAGARAM. 3. THE SUBINSPECTOR OF POLICE, L-TOWN POLICE STATION, VIZIANAGARAM, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT. 4. THE STATE BANK OF INDIA, REP., BY THE BRANCH MANAGER FORT BRANCH, VIZIANAGARAM, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT. ' 5. THE CSB BANK LTD, REP., BY THE BRANCH MANAGER, VIZIANAGARAM BRANCH, VIZIANAGARAM. 6. DUBBAKULA RAJESH, S/O SRINIVASA RAO, AGED ABOUT 26 YEARS, R/O SRIKAKULAM, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT. 7. SRI D RAMA GANESH, FATHER'S NAME AND AGE NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONERS SUB-INSPECTOR OF POLICE, NO. 429, L- TOWN POLICE STATION, VIZIANAGARAM, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. VENKATESWARA RAO GUDAPATI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME 2. P RAJKUMAR 2 The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India with the following prayer for: “.... a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent authorities in registering the Crime No.337 of 2023 on the file of the I Town Police Station, Vizianagaram, as arbitrary, illegal, null and void, against the Norms of Public Police and Principles of Natural Justice and to set aside / quash the same.” 2. Sri Md.Farooq, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, would submit that, charge sheet is filed in Crime No.337 of 2023 on the file of the I Town Police Station, Vizianagaram. 3. Sri Venkateswara Rao Gudapati, learned counsel for the Petitioners would submit that the petition may be disposed of by giving liberty to the Petitioners to file a fresh petition. 4. Considering the submissions made, the Writ Petition is disposed of giving liberty to the Petitioners to file a fresh petition. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:21.08.2025 Dinesh 3 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA W.P.No.20401 of 2024 Dt.21.08.2025 Dinesh