APHC010064692026 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: 3715/2026 Between: Kodigudla Shankar ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. BANDI SRIHARI 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 order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent police authorities in summoning pressurising and harassing the petitioner in connection with a private chit transaction to which he is not a party as illegal arbitrary unconstitutional and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere with the civil disputes by summoning pressurising and harassing the petitioner in connection with a private chit transaction and pass other orders….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for Home. 3. Sri Bandi Shihari, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that, at the behest of respondent No. 5, the petitioner has been unnecessarily called to the police station in connection with a chit transaction and subjected to harassment. 4. Sri P. Ajaya Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, submits that one P. Nagesh (respondent No. 5) lodged a complaint with respondent No. 4 stating that the petitioner had failed to repay the chit amounts as agreed. The police conducted a preliminary verification and observed that there was no law and order issue involved, and advised both the petitioner and respondent No. 5 to sort out their issues amicably. Except for the said advice, the police have not interfered in the civil or contractual disputes between the petitioner and respondent No. 5. 5. Recording the above submissions, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent police not to further call the petitioner in connection with any civil or commercial transaction between the petitioner and respondent No. 5. However, it is made clear that respondent No. 4 is at liberty to proceed against the petitioner, in accordance with law, if it is found that the petitioner has committed any cognizable offence. 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 226 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.3715 of 2026 Date: 17.02.2026 KMS