APHC010002092026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 1021/2026 Between: CHITTURI NITHIN, S/O. RAJAN BABU, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, R/O. LITTLE FLOWER ENGLISH MEDIUM HIGH SCHOOL, MUDINEPALLI, KRISHNA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME, SECRETARIAT BUILDING VELGAPUDI, AMRAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH MANGALAGIRI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, DISTRICT POLICE OFFICE, MACHILIPATNAM, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 4. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, PARASUPET,RESERVE POLICE QUARTERS, MACHILIPATNAM, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 5. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, MUDINEPALLI TOWN POLICE STATION, KRISHNA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...RESPONDENT(S): 2 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.1021 of 2026 Dated 27.01.2026 Counsel for the Petitioner: RAVITEJA PADIRI Counsel for the Respondent(S): GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: 3 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.1021 of 2026 Dated 27.01.2026 ORDER: The Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief:- “…to issue an order or orders or direction or a writ one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents more particularly respondent No.3 in not considering the representation dated 22.10.2025 is illegal, arbitrary and in violation of principles Natural Justice and in violation Article 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to consider the representation dated 22.10.2025 made by the petitioner within 4 weeks….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. Ms.Yaswani Pilla, learned counsel appearing for Sri Ravi Teja Padiri, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the petitioner submitted a representation dated 22.10.2025, which was not considered by respondent No. 3. 4. Sri Ajay Babu, learned Government Pleader for Home, on written instructions, submits that the police have filed the charge sheet after completion of a thorough investigation. The charge sheet has been numbered as C.C.No.474 of 2025 on the file of the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kaikaluru, for the alleged offences under Sections 452 and 324 of the IPC. Since the charge sheet has already been filed, the police have become functus officio with respect to the representation of the petitioner. No 4 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.1021 of 2026 Dated 27.01.2026 interlocutory application has been filed seeking further investigation in this matter. 5. In fact, the petitioner has got an alternative remedy before the learned jurisdictional Magistrate for producing the CCTV footage along with required certificate as per the provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (for brevity, ‘the I.T Act’)., at the time of her chief examination. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the writ petition is disposed of, granting liberty to the petitioner to produce the CCTV footage along with the necessary certificate, as contemplated under ‘the I.T Act’., before the learned Magistrate at the time of her chief examination, by way of filing necessary application as per law. 7. In the result, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 27.01.2026 PRA 5 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.1021 of 2026 Dated 27.01.2026 75 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 1021 of 2026 Date: 27.01.2026 PRA