APHC010083532026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] FRIDAY,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 4780/2026 Between: 1. SHAIK BASHEED, S/O. IBRAHIM, AGE 46 YEARS, OCC BUSINESS, R/O. H.NO. 4-11, VEJENDLA VILLAGE, CHEBROLU MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT. A.P. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF AP, REP BY ITS PRL. SECRETARY, HOME DEPORTMENT, SECRETARIAT, AMARAVATHI.522237 2. 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH.522001 3. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, PATTABHIPURAM POLICE STATION GUNTUR CITY DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH522006 4. 4. BASARATH AHMED KHAN, S/O. BASHEER AHMED KHAN AGED 44 YEARS OCCBUSINESS R/O. D.NO. 10-3-68/A/14, CLASSY COLONY, HUMAYUN NAGAR, ASIFNAGAR, HYDERABAD,T.S STATE.-50002 ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. Dr CHALLA SRINIVASA REDDY 2 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, by declaring the inaction of the 3RD respondent in not registering an FIR based on the complaint dated 06-12-2025 submitted by the petitioner as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India Consequently direct Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 to register an FIR on the basis of the petitioners complaint dated 06-12-2025 and conduct investigation in accordance with law and take necessary action against the 4THrespondent and recover the petitioners vehicle bearing Registration No. AP 40 DB 3345….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Dr. Challa Srinivasa Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that respondent No.3 has failed to register an FIR pursuant to the complaint dated 06.12.2025 filed by the petitioner against respondent No.4 for recovery of the car bearing Registration No. AP 40 DB 3345 (BMW). 4. Sri P.Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that the petitioner presented a report on 06.12.2025 at Pattabhipuram Police Station, Guntur District. On the same day, the report of the petitioner was entered in the General Diary of Pattabhipuram Police Station, and respondent No.3 conducted an enquiry at the scene of offence. Subsequently, the complaint of the petitioner was registered as Crime No.59 of 2026 under Sections 318(4) and 316(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 3 2023 (for brevity, ‘the B.N.S’) at Pattabhipuram Police Station, Guntur District, on 18.02.2026 at 05:00 PM. 5. In that view of the matter, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing Respondent No.3 to give logical conclusion to the FIR registered against Respondent No.4 in accordance with law. 6. In the result, the Writ Petition is disposed of. 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: 27.02.2026 PRA 4 41 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 4780 of 2026 Date: 27.02.2026 PRA