APHC010035292026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY,THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 2304/2026 Between: MANNEM SEENAIAH, S/O. MATANAIAH, AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS, OCC ADVOCATE, R/O. NAMCHARAMMAPETA VILLAGE, CHILLAKUR MANDAL, TIRUPATHI DISTRICT, ERSTWHILE SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY. DEPARTMENT OF HOME, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT - 522 238. 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, O/O. DGP OFFICE, POLICE HEAD QUARTERS, MANGALAGIRI, GUNTUR DISTRICT - 522 503. 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, NELLORE DISTRICT, NELLORE - 524 001. 4. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, CHILLAKURU POLICE STATION, CHILLAKURU, NELLORE DISTRICT - 524 412. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: KRANTHI KUMAR PASUMARTHI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 2 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.2304 of 2026 Dated 29.01.2026 GP FOR HOME 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 an appropriate Writ Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 4th respondent come to the petitioners house and threatened to the petitioner and his wife to withdraw the writ petition in W P No 28217 of 2024 illegal arbitrary and voilative of fundamental rights guaranteed to the petitioner under Articles 14 19 and 21 of Constitution of India and consequently direct the 4th respondent not to harass and not to pressurized the petitioner and his wife to withdraw the writ petition in W P No 28217/2024 and pass….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been called to the police station and subjected to unnecessary harassment. 4. The learned Assistant Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that a case was registered vide Cr.No.183 of 2024 of Chillakur Police Station for the offences punishable under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 103(1), 109, 118(1), 326(g), 326(f) read with Sections 190 and 49 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNS’), and Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 2015, later altered to Sections 61(2)(a), 191(2), 191(3), 103(1), 109, 118(1), 326(g), 326(f) read 3 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.2304 of 2026 Dated 29.01.2026 with Sections 190 and 49 of ‘the BNS’ and Section 3(2)(v) of the SCs & STs (POA) Act, 2015. 5. It is further submitted that an officer in the cadre of Sub-Divisional Police Officer has been appointed as the Investigating Officer and that officer is not shown as a respondent in this case; all police officials have been discharging their duties in accordance with the statutory requirements. The learned counsel for the petitioner intends to file an application for pre-arrest bail in the said case. 6. In view of the above, the Writ Petition is disposed of, granting liberty to the petitioner to invoke the appropriate legal remedy pursuant to the registration of the crime against him. 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: 29.01.2026 RSI 4 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.2304 of 2026 Dated 29.01.2026 22 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 2304 of 2026 Date: 29.01.2026 RSI