1 APHC010076192026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 4388/2026 Between: Borusu Veerabhadra Rao and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. PALA KARTHI KIRAN 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 declaring the action of Respondents more particularly the 4th Respondent at instance of Respondent Nos 5 and 6 in illegally seizing Petitioners Mahindra Tractor Swaraj 742 EE bearing its Vehicle No AP 05 EN 1895 and its Trailor having been loaded with 1100 Coconuts without assigning any valid reason as illegal irrational irregular and violative of provisions of Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhitha in short BNSS 2023 and Rules framed there under and offends Articles 14 21 and 300A of Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondents specifically the 4th Respondent to forthwith release/hand over said vehicle to the Petitioners and pass such other order(s)…” 2 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. Sri Pala Karthi Kiran, learned counsel for the petitioners, submits that the petitioner is the owner of the tractor bearing No. AP 05 EN 1895 and its trailer. The said tractor was loaded with coconuts and, without assigning any valid reason, the tractor along with the coconuts was seized by the police. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that respondent No. 5 lodged a complaint against the petitioners with respondent No. 4. Based on the said complaint, respondent No. 4 registered a case in Crime No. 557 of 2026 and the same is under investigation. The learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that civil suits are pending between the petitioners and the unofficial respondents vide O.S. No. 32 of 2014. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and recording the submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of granting liberty to the petitioners to approach the jurisdictional Magistrate by filing an appropriate application seeking interim custody of the vehicle. 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: 23.02.2026 KMS 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.4388 of 2026 Date: 23.02.2026 KMS 146