APHC010524302025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 27039/2025 Between: NAKKALA RAJESWARI, W/O LATE B.N.BATHINAIAH, AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS, D.NO.8-567, HARIHARA BAVI STREET, KOTHAPETA, SRIKALAHASTHI, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF AP, REP BY ITS PRL.SECRETARY (HOME), SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, NELAPADU, AMARAVATHI. 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 3. THE INVESTIGATION OFFICER DSP CCS, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 4. THE NODAL OFFICER AND BANK MANAGER, HDFC BANK, LAKSHMIPURAM, GUNTUR, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 5. THE BRANCH MANAGER HDFC BANK, ANNAMAYYA CIRCLE BRANCH, NELLORE, POTTI SRIRAMULU NELLORE DISTRICT. 6. THE BRANCH MANAGER, SBI, ADB BRANCH, SRIKALAHASTHI, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. 7. THE BRANCH MANAGER, SBI, MAIN BRANCH, SRIKALAHASTHI, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. CH MURALI KRISHNA 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: “.... a Writ of Mandamus to declare action of the respondents 3 to 7 without issuing any notice or prior intimation and without following the procedure contemplated under BNSS Act, 2023 (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, pursuant to the intimation by the 3rd respondent (Investigation officer, DSP CCS,Guntur) frozen my Bank Accounts 1. Salary/Pension Account No. 17013165335, SBI, ADB Branch Srikalahasthi, 2. Joint Saving Account No. 62422814261, SBI, Main 2 Branch, Srikalahasthi and 3. Account No.99999990456456, HDFC Bank, Annamayya Circle Branch, Nellore District, in Crime No. 359/2025 of Arundal P.S, Guntur District even in spite of the Bank Accounts of the petitioner not linked to any criminal activity even the petitioner not involved in any crime including Crime No. 359/2025 is illegal, arbitrary under Article 12 and 14 of the constitution of India and contrary to Sec 94 and 106 (3) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Samhitha, 2023. And consequently defreeze the Bank Accounts 1. Salary/Pension Account No. 17013165335, SBI, ADB Branch, Srikalahasthi, 2. Joint Saving Account No. 62422814261, SBI, Main Branch, Srikalahasthi and 3. Account No.99999990456456,HDFC Bank, Annamayya Circle Branch, Nellore Dist.” 2. When the matter is taken up for hearing, Sri V.Farooq, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on written instructions, would submit that the Investigating Officer in Crime No.359 of 2025 filed a memo in the concerned Court i.e., V Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Guntur informing about the freezing of accounts pertaining to the Petitioner herein and the said Court took the memo on file vide CFR No.8912, dated 11.11.2025. 3. Sri Ch.Murali Krishna, learned counsel for the Petitioner would submit that the Court may pass appropriate orders. 4. Considering the submissions made, the Writ Petition is disposed of. However, the Petitioner is at liberty to work out her remedy with regard to the defreezing of accounts before the concerned Court in accordance with law. 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:19.11.2025 Dinesh 3 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA W.P.No.27039 of 2025 Dt.19.11.2025 Dinesh