APHC010104082026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY,THE THIRTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 5978/2026 Between: 1. KURNOOL POLAMU BAPTIST SANGAMULA SAMAJAMU,, KURNOOL, REGD NO. 3/45, DATED 20.4.1945, OFFICE AT ABM CHMCH, CHERUKUCHERLA, KURNOOL, REP BY ITS CORRESPONDING SECRETARY SRI B. PRAVEEN KUMAR, S/O. B. ISAIAH, AGED 43 YEARS, R/O. H NO. 40/790-F3, 1ST FLOOR, OPP. KURNOOL CLUB CANTEEN, SRINIVASA NAGAR, KURNOOL 518 004 ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PRL. SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDING, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT - 522238. 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KURNOOL, KURNOOL DISTRICT 518001. 3. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, KURNOOL TOWN POLICE STATION, KURNOOL, KURNOOL DISTRICT - 518001. 4. PUTTAPOGU SOLOMON RAJU ALIAS P SOLOMON, S/O P. ELIA, AGED MAJOR, R/O. H NO. 2-105-4, AMBEDKAR NAGAR, STANTON PURAM, KURNOOL TOWN AND DISTRICT - 518001. ...RESPONDENT(S): 2 Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. RIZWAN ALI SHAIK 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 the Respondents no. 2 and 3 in not registering the FIR and not taken action against the 4th respondent , basing the complaint of the petitioner dated 20.12.2025 after receipt of on complaint, the police did not register the any case / crime against the unofficial respondent no.4 and not taken any action against the 4th respondent is highly illegal, arbitrary and against the principles natural justice and also violation of Article 14, 19 and 21 of Constitution of India including the Apex Court Judgment Lalita Kumari Vs. Government of Uttar Pradesh and consequently direct the respondents police to register the FIR and punish the 4th respondent basing on the complaint dated 20.12.2025 of the petitioner by providing police protection to the petitioner church properties….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Mr.S.K.Rizwan Ali, learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that Respondent Nos.2 and 3 have failed to register an FIR pursuant to the complaint dated 20.12.2025 filed by the Petitioner against the Respondent No.4. 4. Sri P.Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that the complaint of the Petitioner was registered as Crime No.39 of 2026 under Section 318(4) and 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya 3 Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the B.N.S’) at Kurnool II Town Police Station, on 28.02.2026 and the investigation is in progress. 5. In that view of the matter, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing Respondent Nos.2 and 3 to give logical conclusion to the FIR 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: 30.03.2026 PRA 4 73 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 5978 of 2026 Date: 30.03.2026 PRA