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2025 DAILYLAW 39763 (AP)

Mekala Tirupalu v. The Station House Officer

WP/46618/2018 · 2025-08-11

B V L N Chakravarthi

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APHC010964842018 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3368] TUESDAY,THE TWELFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION NO: 46618/2018 Between: 1. MEKALA TIRUPALU, S/O JANAIAH AGED ABOUT 55YRS R/O H.NO.4-18, S.T. COLONY KONAKALAMETLA VILLAGE AND MANDAL PRAKASAM DISTRICT ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, PODILI POLICE STATION PODILI, PRAKASAM DISTRICT 2. THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, PODILI CIRCLE PODILI, PRAKASAM DISTRICT 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT 4. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY HOME DEPARTMENT SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT 5. GURUNADHAM YEDUKONDALU, S/O RAMESH AGED ABOUT 35YRS R/O NEAR WATER TANK, PODILAMMA NAGAR PODILI, PRAKASAM DISTRICT ...RESPONDENT(S): 2 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.46618 OF 2018 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 and 2 in harassing the petitioner by summoning him to the police station and detaining in the police station without following due process of law as arbitrary, illegal and violation of Article 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondent Nos. 1 and 2 not to summon the petitioner to the police station without following due process of law 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 Public Prosecutor representing the State is in attendance. 4. Recording the submission made by learned counsel for the petitioner, 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 12.08.2025 Pmk 4 37 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION No:46618 OF 2018 Date: 12.08.2025 Pmk