1 APHC010054172026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY,THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 3594/2026 Between: 1. VELPULA NAGENDRAM, S/O. LATE, KOTAIAH, AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS, ELCHURU VILLAGE, SANTHAMAGULURU MANDAL, PRAKASAM DISTRICT 2. VELPULA PADMA, W/O. LATE ANJANEYULU, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, ELCHURU VILLAGE, SANTHAMAGULURU MANDAL, PRAKASAM DISTRICT 3. VELPULA YESODA, D/O. LATE ANJANEYULU, W/O. ANKAMMA RAO, HOUSE WIFE, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS RESIDING AT ELCHURU VILLAGE, SANTHAMAGULURU MANDAL, PRAKASAM DISTRICT ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT ONGOLE. 3. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, ADDAROAD POLICE STATION, SANTAMAGULURU VILLAGE AND MANDAL, PRAKASAM DISTRICT 4. MAGULURI PRASANNA, S/O. YEDUKONDALU, R/O. ELCHURU VILLAGE, SANTHAMAGULURU MANDAL, PRAKASAM DISTRICT. 2 ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. KANADHI BHATLA SRINIVASA MURTHY Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. 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 a Writ Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents particularly Respondent No.3 in interfering with civil disputes between the private parties and calling the petitioners to the police station and threaten the petitioners to vacate the agricultural land Ac.1.75 cents situated in D.No.385/A1 as illegal arbitrary without authority of law and violative of Articles 14 191(g) and 300(A) of the Constitution of India consequently direct the Respondents not to call the petitioner to the police station and not to interfere in civil disputes except by following due process of law through a competent civil court and to pass such other order(s)….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that respondent No.3 is interfering in a civil dispute. It is further submitted that the 4th respondent has obtained a fraudulent decree in O.S. No. 56 of 2017 on the file of the learned Senior Civil Judge, Addanki. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on written instructions, submits that the 4th respondent lodged a complaint against the petitioners on 22.09.2025. The said complaint was registered as a case in Crime No. 150 of 2025 for the alleged offences punishable under 3 Sections 329(3), 324(4), and 351(2) read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, “the BNS”). Subsequently, the Investigating Officer issued a notice as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (for brevity, “the BNSS”). After thorough investigation, the police filed a charge sheet against the petitioners. It is further submitted that the police have never interfered in the civil dispute pending between the petitioners and the 4th respondent. 5. Recording the submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the 3rd respondent not to further interfere in the civil dispute between the petitioners and the 4th respondent. 6. With the above directions, 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: 16.02.2026 KMS 4 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.3594 of 2026 Date: 16.02.2026 KMS 85