APHC010044942026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3558] FRIDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE TUHIN KUMAR GEDELA WRIT PETITION No.2591 of 2026 Between: 1. KUNAPAREDDY VARALAKSHMI, AGED 43, W/O. NAGA VISHNU VARA PRASAD, R/O. D.NO. 5-182/1, KUNAPAREDDY VISHNU ROAD, PEDAPULIPAKA, PENAMALURU, KRISHNA DISTRICT, AP. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, DEPARTMENT OF HOME, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI- 522503. 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, GOVERNORPET, VIJAYAWADA, NTR DISTRICT-520010. 3. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, POLICE COMMISSIONERATE, HYDERABAD-500029. 4. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, RAIDURGAM POLICE STATION, GACHIBOWLI, HYDERABAD, TELANGANA-500008. 2 CMR,J & GTK,J W.P.No.2591 of 2026 5. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, PATAMATA POLICE STATION, VIJAYAWADA, NTR DISTRICT-520007. 6. KIRALU DILIP, S/O NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, RIO. ARUNA RESIDENCY, SAI BABA TEMPLE ROAD, NEAR LEPL ICON, RTC COLONY, VIJAYAWADA, ANDHRA PRADESH- 520008. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. MUTYALA SOBHANADRI NAIDU Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following: 3 CMR,J & GTK,J W.P.No.2591 of 2026 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE TUHIN KUMAR GEDELA WRIT PETITION No.2591 of 2026 O R D E R: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Cheekati Manavendranath Roy) This writ petition for habeas corpus is filed seeking direction to the respondent police officials to produce the corpus, by name Naga Vishnu Vara Prasad, who is the husband of the petitioner, before the Court and then to set him at liberty. 2. Heard Mr. Mutyala Sobhanadri Naidu, learned counsel for the petitioner, and the learned Assistant Government Pleader attached to the office of the learned Advocate General appearing for the official respondents. 3. When the matter is taken up for admission, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the corpus was taken by the 4th respondent – Station House Officer of Raidurgam Police Station, Telangana State, only for the purpose of enquiry as a witness in a crime registered against certain accused and thereafter, he was set at liberty. 4. Learned Assistant Government Pleader appearing for the official respondents vehemently opposed the petition, stating that when the corpus was taken by the police of Telangana State, the petitioner has unnecessarily filed the instant writ petition against the police of the State of Andhra Pradesh. 5. In view of the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the corpus is now at liberty and he was only taken for 4 CMR,J & GTK,J W.P.No.2591 of 2026 the purpose of enquiry as a witness in a crime that was registered against some other accused, nothing survives in this writ petition for adjudication. 6. Therefore, recording the said submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the writ petition is closed. As a sequel, interlocutory applications, if any pending, in this case shall stand closed. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________________________ JUSTICE CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY ______________________________________ JUSTICE TUHIN KUMAR GEDELA Date: 30.01.2026 IBL 5 CMR,J & GTK,J W.P.No.2591 of 2026 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE TUHIN KUMAR GEDELA WRIT PETITION No.2591 of 2026 Dt: 30.01.2026 IBL