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2025 DAILYLAW 56336 (AP)

VANKADARA CHINNA CHENNAPPA v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

WP/31513/2025 · 2025-11-12

Venkata Jyothirmai Pratapa

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`APHC010610622025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] THURSDAY,THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 31513/2025 Between: 1. VANKADARA CHINNA CHENNAPPA, S/O LATE YESANNA, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, OCC AGRICULTURE, R/O JAMMALAMADUGU JUNCTION, KOLIMIGUNDIA VILLAGE AND MANDAL, NANDYAL DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, A.P SECRETARIAT OFFICE, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, , ANDHRA PRADESH, AMARAVATI, ANDHRA PRADESH. 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, NANDYAL DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 4. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, KOLIMIGUNDIA POLICE STATION, KOLIMIGUNDIA MANDAL, NANDYAL DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. JADA SRAVAN KUMAR 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: “.... to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the Respondents, particularly Respondent No. 4 - the Station House Officer, Kolimigundia Police Station, in frequently summoning and calling the Petitioner, Vankadara Chinna Chennappa, to the Police Station in connection with 2 Crime 19/2025 without issuing any written notice or following the procedure prescribed under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), despite the petitioner has got the bail vide CRLP No 3035 of 2025 dated 28.03.2025 as illegal, arbitrary, and violative of the principles of natural justice and the fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 14, 19, and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondent Police Authorities not to summon or call the Petitioner to the Police Station unnecessarily, informally, or without adherence to the due process of law as mandated under the relevant statutory provisions and to pass.” 2. Heard Sri S.Santosh, learned counsel representing on behalf of learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Md.Farooq Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that under the guise of pendency of crime No.19 of 2025, police are frequently calling the petitioner to the police station and harassing him and making him to sit whole day. The petitioner was released on bail and complied all the conditions imposed. 3. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home submits that there are 14 crimes pending against the petitioner and rowdy sheet opened against the petitioner. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the Writ Petition is disposed of by directing respondents/Police to follow due process of law regarding the crime which are registered against the petitioner. 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:13.11.2025 RSD 4 40 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA W.P.No.31513 of 2025 Date:13.11.2025 RSD