1 APHC010046242021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] TUESDAY,THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 3040/2021 Between: 1. SRI THAMATAM NAGI REDDY, S/O. MALLA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 52 YRS, D.NO. 61-2297, RAMAKOTAIAH ST, RAMALINGESWARA NAGAR, KRISHNALANKA VIJAYAWADA- 520013. 2. SRI TIRUPATHAMMA, D.NO. 61-2297, RAMAKOTAIAH ST, RAMALINGESWARA NAGAR, KRISHNALANKA VIJAYAWADA- 520013. 3. SRI THAMATAM SRIKANTH KUMAR REDDY, S/O. T. NAGI REDDY, AGED ABOUT 28 YRS, D.NO. 61-2297, RAMAKOTAIAH ST, RAMALINGESWARA NAGAR, KRISHNALANKA VIJAYAWADA- 520013. ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, HOME DEPARTMENT, REP BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY VELAGAPUDI, SECTERTARIAT, AMARAVATHI. 2. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, VIJAYAWADA CITY. KRISHNA DISTRICT. 3. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, A.S. NAGAR POLICE STATION, VIJAYAWADA CITY, KRISHNA DISTRICT ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. RAMINENI SATISH BABU Counsel for the Respondent(S): 2 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: “.... to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondent No.3 in interfering in the matrimonial dispute and forcing the petitioner to settle and compromise the same in favour of defacto complainant and harassing the petitioners' by summoning them to the police station without following due process of law as the petitioner not obliged the illegal demand of the respondent No.3 as arbitrary, illegal and violation of article 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondent No.3 not to interfere in the matrimonial dispute and not to summon the petitioner to police station and harass him without following due process of law in the interest of justice.” 2. Heard Sri R. Sathish Babu, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Md. Farooq, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. Sri Md. Farooq, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on written instructions, would submit that based on a complaint of one Smt. Thamatam Siva Sravya w/o Manmohan Reddy, the police have registered a case against the petitioners herein in Crime No.52 of 2021 of Ajith Singh Nagar Police Station, Vijayawada for the offence punishable under Sections 498(A) & 323 IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 4. Recording the submissions made by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. 3 As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:07.10.2025 Vns