APHC010107972019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3368] FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION NO: 4845/2019 Between: 1. VADLANAPU RAVIKUMAR, S/O VENKATESHWAR RAO AGED ABOUT 30YRS, OCC- AUTO DRIVER R/O H.NO.44- 14/1-83/1, HANUMAN NAGAR GUNADALA, VIJAYAWADA KRISHNA DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, VATSAVAI POLICE STATION KRISHNA DISTRICT. 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, MACHILIPATNAM, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 3. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY HOME DEPARTMENT SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 4. V KRISHNAVENI, W/O RAVIKUMAR AGED ABOUT 27YRS R/O MANGOLLU VILLAGE VATSAVAI MANDAL, KRISHNA DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): 2 Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. P NAGENDRA REDDY 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.4845 OF 2019 ORDER: This 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 writ of to declare the action of the respondent No.1 in interfering with the civil dispute between the petitioner and respondent No.4 and forcing the petitioner to hand over the custody of the minor son of the petitioner name Hari Uday Krishna aged about 8yrs to the respondent No.4 without following due process of law as arbitrary, illegal, beyond jurisdiction and contrary to the provisions under the Guardians and Wards Act and consequently direct the respondent No.1 not to insist the petitioner to hand over the custody of minor son of the petitioner to the respondent No.4 without following due process of law in the interest of justice and pass…” 2. Heard learned counsel representing Sri P.Nagendra Reddy, learned counsel for the writ petitioner. 3. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home on written instructions would submit that the 4th respondent is the wife of the petitioner herein. She presented a report to the 1st respondent. A case in Crime No.32 of 2019 was registered for the offence under Sections 498-A, 323 r/w 34 I.P.C. and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, on 18.02.2019 against the petitioner and his parents. Police investigated into the case, and during investigation a notice under section 41-A Cr.P.C. was served to the petitioner and the other accused. 4 4. Later, on conclusion of investigation, charge sheet was laid before the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Jaggayyapet vide C.C.No.153 of 2019 against the petitioner and the other accused. 5. Therefore, the allegation of the petitioner that police directed the petitioner to hand over the child to the 4th respondent is baseless, and not true and correct, and they will not interfere in the matter relating to custody of the child. 6. The submissions made by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home referred above are placed on record. 7. In the light of the undertaking given by the 1st respondent that he will not interfere regarding custody of the child, this Court is of the considered opinion that the writ petition can be disposed of at the stage of admission, without going into merits of the case, as no further orders are required in the writ petition. 8. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. 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 01.08.2025 Pmk 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION No:4845 OF 2019 Date: 01.08.2025 Pmk