APHC010236682019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3368] WEDNESDAY,THE TENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION NO: 10544/2019 Between: 1. RAJOLI VENKATESWARAMMA @R YENAKAMMA, W/O. R RAYAPPA, AGED 38 YEARS, R/O. H. NO. 18.239 BA, SHANMUKHA NAGAR, KODUMURU VILLAGE AND MANDAL, KURNOOL DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KURNOOL, KURNOOL DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 3. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, ADONI, KUNROOL DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 4. THE SHO, ADONI TALUKA POLICE STATION, KURNOOL DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...RESPONDENT(S): Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased toto issue a Writ or Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents more particularly 4th respondent in not discharging their statutory duty of registering the crime based on the complaint given by the petitioner is arbitrary illegal and violative of Article 14 and 21 of the. Constitution of India and also contrary to the guidelines issued by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Lalitha Kumari's 2 IA NO: 1 OF 2019 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the 4th respondents to forthwith register the crime based on complaint given by the petitioner pending disposal of the above writ petition and to pass s Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. B SARVOTHAM 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.10544 of 2019 ORDER: The present Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief: “…to issue a Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents, particularly the 4th respondent, in not discharging their statutory duty of registering a crime based on the complaint given by the petitioner, as arbitrary, illegal, violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India, and contrary to the guidelines issued by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Lalita Kumari…” 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri R. Mallikarjuna Rao, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, appearing on behalf of the respondents. 3. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on written instructions, submits that the police did not receive any report from the petitioner as alleged in the writ petition, and therefore, no case was registered. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the writ petition may be closed, granting liberty to the petitioner to present a fresh report before the police in accordance with law. 4 5. Considering the above submissions, the Writ Petition is closed at the stage of admission, without going into the merits of the case. The petitioner is at liberty to present a fresh report before the police in accordance with law. As a sequel thereto, interlocutory applications, if any, pending in this Writ Petition shall stand closed. ______________________________ JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI 10th December, 2025 cbn 5 58 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION No: 10544 OF 2019 10th December, 2025 cbn