APHC010092472026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 5255/2026 Between: KOTA RADHA KRISHNA REDDY, S/O. MALAKONDA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS, R/O. D.NO. 23-980/1, 1ST LINE, REDDY NAGAR, VINUKONDA, PALNADU DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI -522237 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, DGP OFFICE, MANGALAGIRI- 522503 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, NTR DISTRICT-520001. 4. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, VIJAYAWADA CITY- 520001. 5. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, NORTH DIVISION, VIJAYAWADA -520001 6. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, SN PURAM PS, VIJAYAWADA - 520011 ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: PADALA VENKATA SRIRAM REDDY Counsel for the Respondent(S): 2 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.5255 of 2026 Dated 03.03.2026 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 Writ or order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ Of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ declaring the action of Respondents No 4 5 and 6 in calling the Petitioner to the Police Station repeatedly and threatening the Petitioner with dire consequences and making him to sign on blank papers as illegal arbitrary unconstitutional and consequently direct the Respondents not to harass or threaten the Petitioner to sign on blank papers and to follow due process of law and pass….= 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Sri P.V. Sriram Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that respondent Nos.4 to 6 are repeatedly calling the petitioner to the police station, threatening him with dire consequences, and compelling him to sign on blank papers. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that one Tripuramallu Srinivasa Rao lodged a complaint on 14.04.2025. Based on the said complaint, a case in Crime No.114 of 2025 was registered and a preliminary charge sheet was filed before the learned II Additional District and Sessions Judge, Vijayawada. The petitioner is a suspect/gainer in Crime Nos.114 and 115 of 2025 registered at 3 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.5255 of 2026 Dated 03.03.2026 Satyanarayanapuram Police Station. For the purpose of enquiry, the respondent police are calling the petitioner to the police station. 5. Considering the above submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing respondent Nos.4 to 6 not to call henceforth the petitioner to the police station without any basis and except in accordance with law. The petitioner is directed to cooperate with the Investigating Officer in the investigation. The Investigating Officer may proceed with the investigation in accordance with law. If it is noticed that the petitioner has indulged in the commission of any offence, the Investigating Officer is at liberty to proceed against him 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: 03.03.2026 RSI 4 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.5255 of 2026 Dated 03.03.2026 74 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 5255 of 2026 Date: 03.03.2026 RSI