APHC010173452019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3368] TUESDAY,THE NINTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION NO: 7473/2019 Between: 1. CHODISETTI KASIYYA, S/O ADINARAYANA, AGED 34 YEARS, OCC JOURNALIST, R/O 4-51, POST OFFICE STREET, KAJULURU VILLAGE AND MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER AND 1. STATE OF AP, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY (HOME DEPARTMENT), SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS AT VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT AT KAKINADA, EAST GODAVARI, ANDHRA PRADESH. 3. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, GOLLAPALEM POLICE STATION, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 4. CHAGANTI KONDAYYA, S/O NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, AGED MAJOR, R/O KUYYERU, KAJULURU MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 5. TALATAM SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, S/O NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, AGED MAJOR, R/O KUYYERU, KAJULURU MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 6. NADIKOLLA ATCHI RAJU, S/O NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, AGED MAJOR, R/O KUYYERU, KAJULURU MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI 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 3rd respondent in not registering the crime basing on the report 2 made by the petitioner against the respondents 4 to 6 herein dated 06.06.2019 under receipt number 86/2019 as illegal, arbitrary and also oppose to the verdict of the Apex Court in Lalitha Kumari vs State of Bihar as well as contemptuous in nature consequently direct the 3rd respondent to register the crime basing on the report made by the petitioner against the respondents 4 to 6 herein dated 06.06.2019 under receipt number 86/2019 forthwith 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 3rd respondent to register the crime basing on the report made by the petitioner against the respondents 4 to 6 herein dated 06.06.2019 under receipt number 86/2019 forthwith pending disposal of the above writ petition Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. V SAI KUMAR 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.7473 of 2019 ORDER: The present 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 a Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the 3rd respondent in not registering the crime based on the report made by the petitioner against respondents 4 to 6 dated 06.06.2019, under Receipt No. 86/2019, as illegal, arbitrary and opposed to the verdict of the Hon’ble Apex Court in Lalita Kumari v. State of Uttar Pradesh, as well as contemptuous in nature, and consequently direct the 3rd respondent to register the crime based on the said report forthwith.” 2. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri R. Mallikarjuna Rao, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, appearing for respondent Nos. 1 to 3. 3. The learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that on receiving the report from the petitioner, the police registered a case in Crime No. 111 of 2019 on 11.06.2019 and investigated into the matter. Hence, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for further adjudication, and the writ petition has become infructuous. 4 4. In light of the submissions made by the learned Assistant Government Pleader, 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 9th December, 2025 cbn 5 79 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION No: 7473 OF 2019 9th December, 2025 cbn