APHC010092172026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 5076/2026 Between: K. Sanjeeva Rao, ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. GOLLAMUDI NAGASATYANARAYANA 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 an issue an order or a direction or a writ more one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondent No 4 in orally summoning the Petitioner to the police station directing him to vacate the subject schedule property and interfering in a civil dispute at the behest of the 5th Respondent as illegal arbitrary unconstitutional and violative of Article 21 and Article 300A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondent No 4 not to interfere in the civil and possessory rights of the Petitioner in respect of the subject property except strictly in accordance with due process of law and to pass such other order(s)…” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 2 3. Sri G. Nagasatyanarayana, learned counsel for the Petitioner, submits that the Petitioner has been unnecessarily called to the police station orally at the behest of Respondent No.5 and is being coerced to compromise the civil dispute. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on written instructions, submits that Respondent No.5 lodged a complaint against the Petitioner, which was registered as a case in Crime No.506 of 2025 for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 329(3) and 324(4) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, “the BNS”). The Petitioner has been absconding and has not cooperated with the Investigating Officer. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the Petitioner to cooperate with the Investigating Officer. The Investigating Officer is at liberty to proceed in accordance with law. The Petitioner is also at liberty to approach the appropriate forum for appropriate relief in respect of an FIR registered against him. 6. With the above observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the respondent No.4 not to interfere henceforth in the civil dispute pending between the petitioner and the respondent No.5. 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: 05.03.2026 KMS 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.5076 of 2026 Date: 05.03.2026 KMS 158