APHC010088732026 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: 5123/2026 Between: 1. RELANGI RAMBABU, S/O. SATYANARAYANA, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, MALE, R/O. H.NO.4-10, JONNADA, ALAMURU MANDAL, DR.B.R.AMBEDKAR KONASEEMA DISTRICT - 533233 ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF AP, REP. BY PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, NELAPADU, AMARAVATHI-522 202. 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, DR.B.R.AMBEDKAR KONASEEMA DISTRICT, AMALAPURAM - 533201 3. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, ALAMURU POLICE STATION, ALAMURU MANDAL, DR.B.R.AMBEDKAR KONASEEMA DISTRICT - 533233 4. VEMAGIRI SURESH, S/O. CHINNA, MALE, AGE 35 YEARS, R/O. NEAR VEMAGIRI GATTU, VEMAGIRI, KADIYAM MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT - 533125 5. KATHULA DURGA PRASAD, S/O. NOT KNOWN, MALE, AGE 45 YEARS, R/O. D.N0.4-27/A, PEDDAPULIVARRU, CHINNAPULIVARRU, BAPATIA DISTRICT - 522257 ...RESPONDENT(S): 2 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.5123 of 2026 Dated 23.02.2026 Counsel for the Petitioner: MANGENA SREE RAMA RAO Counsel for the Respondent(S): 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 a direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in not registering a crime against unofficial respondents and not conducting enquiry basing on my complaints Dt.14.02.2026 and 16.02.2026 as illegal, irregular, arbitrary and violation provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 and also offends Articles 14 and 21 of Constitution of India and consequently direct the 3RD Respondent to register crime against unofficial respondents basing on my complaints Dt. 14.02.2026 and 16.02.2026 and pass…” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Sri Mangena Sree Rama Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that respondent No.3 has not registered an FIR pursuant to the complaints dated 14.02.2026 and 16.02.2026 filed by the petitioner against respondent Nos.4 & 5, despite the contents of the complaints clearly disclosing the commission of cognizable offences. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that basing on the representations submitted by the 3 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.5123 of 2026 Dated 23.02.2026 petitioner, FIR was registered in Crime.No.28 of 2026 on 19.02.2026 in Alamuru police station under section 318(4), 351(2) r/w 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNS’). It is further submitted that the investigation is in progressive stage. 5. In view of the above, recording the submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the respondent No.3/investigation officer is directed to complete the investigation as early as possible preferably within a reasonable period of time 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: 23.02.2026 PBS 4 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.5123 of 2026 Dated 23.02.2026 215 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.5123 of 2026 Date: 23.02.2026 PBS