1 APHC010063352026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 3696/2026 Between: Thageeru Manjula ...PETITIONER AND The Station House Officer Vedurukuppam Police Station and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. P NAGENDRA REDDY 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 writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondent Nos 1 to 4 in not registering the FIR against the respondent No 6 and others in pursuant to the complaints dt 10122025 and the consequential complaint dt 02022026 for committing the offences of kidnap of minor girl compelling her for marriage sexual contact with minor girl cohabitation with minor girl and illegal detention etc as arbitrary illegal and contrary to Sec 175 of BNS and also in violation of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondent No 1 to 4 to register the FIR against respondent No 6 and others for committing the offences of kidnap of minor girl compelling her for marriage sexual contact with minor girl cohabitation 2 with minor girl and illegal detention etc based on the complaints dt 1012 2025 and 02022026 forthwith and conduct the investigation in accordance with Law in the interest of justice….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for Home. 3. Sri P. Nagendra Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the complaint dated 10.12.2026 was not registered and that the subsequent complaint dated 02.02.2026 was also not registered. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on written instructions, submits that the police have registered the petitioner’s complaint as a case in Crime No. 11 of 2026 for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 137(2) and 64(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, “the BNS”), read with Section 3(a) read with Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for brevity, “the POCSO Act”), and Sections 9 and 11(1) of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 (for brevity, “the PCMA Act”), and that the investigation is pending against respondent No. 6. 5. In view of the above, the Writ Petition is disposed of, as the grievance of the petitioner has already been addressed. 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: 17.02.2026 KMS 3 222 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.3696 of 2026 Date: 17.02.2026 KMS