APHC010013602026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 886/2026 Between: 1. JAMMANA KEERTHANA, D/O JAMMANA SAMBA MURTHY, AGED 23 YRS , R/AT D,NO.20-2-3 RELLIVEEDHI, VTC , VISAKHAPATNAM - 530001 AADHAR NO.6014 1215 4555 2. SANGHAM REDDY HEMANTH, S/O LAKSHMAN RAO, AGED 24 YRS , R/AT D,NO.20-2-3, RELLIVEEDHI, VTC VISAKHAPATNAM -530001 AADHAR NO.3405 1013 6705 ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY (HOME) SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI. - 522237 2. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, VISAKHAPATNAM CITY.- 530001 3. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, I TOWN POLICE STATION, VISAKHAPATNAM. 530003 4. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, VTOWN KANCHARAPALEM P.S., VISAKHAPATNAM CITY. - 530008 5. JAMMANA SAMBA MURTHY, S/O APPALLA SURAYYA (LATE) AGED 50 YRS D.NO.870/H TYPE-2 NEW RAILWAY QUARTERS THADICHETLAPALEM RAILWAY EXHIBITION GROUNDS VISAKHAPATNAM 530004 6. S JAMMANA RAMANAMMA, W/O JAMMANA SAMBA MURTHY, AGED 45 YRS D.NO.870/H TYPE -2 NEW RAILWAY QUARTERS,THADICHETLAPALEM RAILWAY EXHIBITION GROUNDS VISAKHAPATNAM 530004 ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. R SIVA SAI SWARUP Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: 2 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India with the following prayer for: <.... a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents harassing the Petitioners one way or another including by taking Coercive Steps against them on the sole ground that the Petitioners got married on 17/11/2025 against will and wish of their parents and family members there by threatening the petitioners by curtailing their right of Staying all are Illegal, Unlawful, Violation of Principles of Natural Justice, Violation of Article 14,19,21 of the Constitution of India, Consequently to direct the Respondents not to Interfere into the Petitioners Peaceful Personal life of their choice and Liberty by any manner or what so ever by directing the Respondents 3 and 4 to provide Protection from the illegal acts of the respondents 5 and 6 by Allowing the Writ Petition.” 2. Heard Sri R.Siva Sai Swarup, learned counsel for the Petitioners and Sri P.Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. Learned counsel for the Petitioners would submit that the Petitioners herein are majors and they got married on 17.11.2025. Learned counsel would further submit that the Police are harassing the Petitioners, under the influence of the unofficial Respondents, who are the parents of Petitioner No.1. 4. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on written instructions, would submit that, on the complaint made by Respondent No.5 herein for missing of their daughter, a case in Crime No.459 of 2025 on the file of Kancharapalem Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate has been registered under the head <Woman Missing=. Learned Assistant Government Pleader would further submit that the Police never harassed the Petitioners, but made efforts to trace out Petitioner No.1. 3 5. Learned counsel for the Petitioners, in reply, would submit that, Petitioners appeared before this Court. Let there be a direction to the Police to close the case of Woman Missing. 6. Considering the submissions made, since Petitioner Nos.1 and 2 are majors and got married on 17.11.2025, there is no need to continue the proceedings in Crime No.459 of 2025 on the file of Kancharapalem Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, which was registered under the head <Woman Missing=. 7. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. The Police are directed to close the case in Crime No.459 of 2025 on the file of Kancharapalem Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate. Police are further directed to attend the grievance of the Petitioners relating to the harassment from the parents of Petitioner No.1. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:07.01.2026 Dinesh 4 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA W.P.No.886 of 2026 Dt.07.01.2026 Dinesh