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2025 DAILYLAW 43104 (AP)

P.Bujji Babu, v. State of Andhra Pradesh,

WP/9210/2019 · 2025-12-23

B V L N Chakravarthi

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APHC010211062019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3368] WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION NO: 9210/2019 Between: 1. P.BUJJI BABU,, S/O MOHAN BABU, AGED 32 YEARS, R/O. D.NO.6-5-1, JUJJURU, VEERULAPADU MANDAL, KRISHNA DISTRICT-521181, STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH ...PETITIONER AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, HOME DEPARTMENT, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI AT AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KRISHNA DISTRICT, MACHILIPATNAM, STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH 3. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR, KANCHIKACHERLA CIRCLE OFFICE (POLICE), KANCHIKACHERLA, KRISHNA DISTRICT STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH 4. M HANUMAN RAJU, S/O ANANDA RAO, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, WORKING AS SCHOOL TEACHER, R/O JUJJURU VILLAGE AND POST, VEERULAPADU MANDAL, KRISHNA DISTRICT-521181 STATE OF 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 to issue a writ, order or direction more in the nature of Mandamus declaring the highhanded action on the part of the 3rd Respondent, in calling the Petitioner frequently to Police 2 Station and giving threatening calls to settle the civil disputes with 4th Respondent as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India, consequently direct the 2nd Respondent to take stringent Disciplinary Action against the 3rd Respondent for his unwarranted threatening calls giving to the Petitioner to settle the civil disputes with the 4th Respondent 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 issue an interim direction directing the 3rd Respondent not to interfere with the civil disputes in between the Petitioner and the 4th Respondent, pending disposal of the Writ Petition Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. K ANANDA RAO Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME (AP) 2. M SOLOMON RAJU The Court made the following: 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N.CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION No.9210 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 in the nature of Mandamus declaring the highhanded action on the part of the 3rd Respondent, in calling the Petitioner frequently to Police Station and giving threatening calls to settle the civil disputes with 4th Respondent as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India, consequently direct the 2nd Respondent to take stringent Disciplinary Action against the 3rd Respondent for his unwarranted threatening calls giving to the Petitioner to settle the civil disputes with the 4th Respondent and pass…” 2. Heard learned counsel representing Sri K.Ananda Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri R.Mallikarjuna Rao, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home already submitted that police registered a case in Crime No.157 of 2019 of Veerulapadu Police Station, for the offence U/s.420 of IPC against the petitioner and another on 20.07.2019 and investigating into the case. The petitioner was arraigned as A-2 in the said case. Police will follow due process of law during the course of investigation. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the only grievance of the petitioner is that police unnecessarily calling the petitioner to the Police Station without following due process of law. 5. In the light of above facts and circumstances, this Court is of the considered opinion is that the writ petition is disposed of at the stage of 4 admission, without going into merits of the case that police shall follow due process of law during the course of investigation in Crime No.157 of 2019 of Veerulapadu Police Station, if they intends to call the petitioner to the Police Station in connection with the investigation of the said case. 6. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. 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 24.12.2025 Pmk 5 06 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION No:9210 OF 2019 Date: 24.12.2025 Pmk