APHC010491092025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 25096/2025 Between: 1. TIRUMAREDDY MURALI, S/O T. LATE KRISHNA, HINDU, AGED 49 YEARS, R/ATTHOTA VEEDHI, BHOGAPURAM VIHAGE AND MANDAL, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT, A.P. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, VIZIANAGARM DISTRICT, A.P. 3. STATION HOUSE OFFICER, BHOGAPURAM POLICE STATION, VIZIANAGARM DISTRICT. ANDHRA PRADESH. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. M.M.M. KRISHNA SANAPALA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India with the following prayer for: “.... to issue a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 3rd Respondent unlawfully seized the keys of the Petitioner's house i.e. Flat no. 101, Ground floor, SM Lake Palace, Chittivalasa, purchased uder registered sale deed dated 03-02-2022, document no. 501/2022, SRO, Beemili, Vizianagaram District, in connection with alleged crime no. 404/2024 was registered against the Petitioner under sections 318(4) BNS and Sections 21(1)(2)(3), 22, 23, of the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act 2019 and the Police action amounts to arbitrary exercise of power and harassment of an innocent Petitioner and his wife without having proper evidence, judicial authorization, substantiated nexus, no i justification exists for continued deprivation of property as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and violative of fundamental rights and 2 consequently to direct the Respondents to initiate departmental action against the erring police officials responsible for the unlawful seizure, award compensation to the Petitioner for severe mental agony and harassment.” 2. Sri Md.Farooq, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on written instructions, would submit that the allegation regarding the unlawful seizure of the petitioner’s flat is unfounded and that the investigation is being conducted fairly. 3. For ready reference, the written instructions are extracted hereunder: “It is further submitted that the Petitioner and his family were not dispossessed from the said premises. The allegations that the flat was locked or keys seized to deprive the family of residence is false, baseless, and denied.” 4. Recording the said submissions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. 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:17.09.2025 ASR 3 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA W.P.No.25096 of 2025 Dt.17.09.2025 Asr