APHC010012572026 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: 1183/2026 Between: Komindala Ramakrishna ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. MANI VARMA PALEMKOTA Counsel for the Respondent: 1. The Court made the following: ORDER: The Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief:- “…to issue a Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of Respondent Nos.2 to 5 in not providing police protection to the petitioner as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India, and consequently direct the said respondents to provide immediate and effective police protection to the petitioner, his family members and Agri Workers and ensure that Respondent Nos.6 to 10 or any persons claiming through them do not interfere with the petitioner's peaceful possession and cultivation of the agricultural land situated at Ammapalem Village, 2 Srikalahasti Mandal, till disposal of O.S. No.474 of 2023 on the file of the Hon'ble Junior Civil Judge, Srikalahasti, and pass such other order(s)….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, despite tendering several representations seeking police protection, the petitioner was denied the same. 4. Sri Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, submits that a civil dispute is pending between the petitioner and the unofficial respondents in O.S. No.474 of 2023 on the file of the learned Junior Civil Judge, Srikalahasti. 5. Sri P. Manivarma, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the petitioner was made to stand for hours together and was coerced into signing on blank papers at the behest of the unofficial respondents. 6. Be that as it may, when a civil dispute is pending between the petitioner and the unofficial respondents, the police are not expected to interfere in the civil dispute or to coerce or threaten the petitioner into signing blank documents. However, if the representations of the petitioner were not considered by the police/respondent No.5 for registration of any crime, the petitioner is at liberty to approach the jurisdictional Magistrate under Section 190 read with Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 210 read with Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, “the BNSS”) by way of filing a complaint. There exists an effective and efficacious alternative remedy available to the petitioner in case his 3 complaint is not registered by respondent No.4 or appropriate directions are not issued by respondent No.3. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the writ petition is disposed of, directing respondent Nos.3 to 5 not to interfere with the personal liberty of the petitioner or with the civil dispute pending between the petitioner and the unofficial respondents. The petitioner is at liberty to approach the jurisdictional Magistrate by filing a complaint under Section 190 read with Section 200 of 'the Cr.P.C.,‟/Section 210 read with Section 223 of „the BNSS‟. 8. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ Dr.Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J. Date: 27.01.2026 KMS 4 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.1183 of 2026 Date: 27.01.2026 KMS 160