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APHC010597322025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] TUESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 30984/2025 Between:
RUDRAPATI SRIKANTH, S/O CHENNAKESAVA RAO, @ CHENNAIAH, AGED 25 YEARS, OCC. PVT EMPLOYEE. D NO 14-80-10, RAJEEV GRUHAKALPA APARTMENT, BLOCK NO. 10, CHANDRABABU COLONY, TENALI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH.
...PETITIONER AND
1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRL SECRETARY HOME DEPT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT.
2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, GUNTUR.
GUNTUR DISTRICT, AND ANDHRA PRADESH.
3. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, III TOWN POLICE STATION, TENALI TOWN, GUNTUR DISTRICT, AND STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH.
4. THE SUBDIVISIONAL POLICE OFFICER TENALI, TENALI TOWN, GUNTUR DISTRICT. R4 IS IMPLEADED AS PER THE COURT'S
ORDER DT.16.12.2025 IN I.A.NO.02 OF 2025.
...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner:
1. ZAMPANI BHANU RAJA 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 declaring the action of respondents in continuing the Rowdy Sheet No 320 dated on 13-09-2019, against him even after acquittal in the solitary crime registered against him
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by the learned on the file of the XI Additional Sessions Judge Tenali, Guntur District, by a judgment dated 24-04-2023 in S.C No. 205 of2021 and making him to sit there for hours together offering threats to him on pretext of counselling time and again, requiring his bind over as being illegal, arbitrary, he letter and spirit of catena of judgments rendered by , Honorable Supreme Court on human dignity and protection of human rights apart from being violative of articles 20 and 21 of the constitution of India, and consequently direct the respondents to close the rowdy sheet against the petitioner.”
2. Sri Zampani Bhanu Raja, learned counsel for the Petitioner would submit that, no cases are pending against the Petitioner and hence, the impugned rowdy sheet may be set aside.
3. Sri P.Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home would submit that there are no cases pending against the Petitioner.
4. Considering the submissions made and since no material is placed before the Court to show that the behavior of the Petitioner is a threat to the public peace in the vicinity, the Writ Petition is allowed and the impugned Rowdy Sheet against the Petitioner is hereby set aside. 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:30.12.2025 Dinesh
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HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA
W.P.No.30984 of 2025
Dt.30.12.2025
Dinesh