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APHC010101692026
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: 5503/2026 Between:
GOLI HARI PRIYA, C/O. LATE GOLI SRINIVASA RAO, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, R/O. D.NO.15-13-138, 4TH LANE GANDHI NAGAR, RTC COLONY, KOTHAPETA, GUNTUR, ANDHRA PRADESH- 522001. (PRESENTLY RESIDING AT FLAT NO. 401, 4TH FLOOR, SARAVANA APARTMENT, NEAR SAIBABA TEMPLE, RCC COLONY, OLD GUNTUR). ...PETITIONER AND
1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, A.P.-522239
2. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, NTR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. -520002
3. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, CYBER CRIME POLICE STATION, VIJAYAWADA CITY, VIJAYAWADA, NTR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH-520002
...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner:
SOMISETTY GANESH BABU Counsel for the Respondent(S):
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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 appropriate Writ Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus Declaring the action of the 3rd Respondent police in interfering with the personal life and liberty of the petitioner and repeatedly threatening and summoning the Petitioner to the police station without following due process of law and are also threatening to seize the Petitioners mobile phone without any Crime which is arbitrary illegal and a clear violation of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed to the petitioner under Articles 14 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India and Consequently direct the Respondent police authorities not to interfere with the life and personal liberty of the Petitioner not to seize or take possession of the Petitioners mobile phone and not to summon the Petitioner to the police station without any Crime and to refrain from taking any coercive action against the petitioner and to pass….=
2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Sri Somisetty Ganesh Babu, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that respondent No.3 is interfering with the personal life and liberty of the petitioner and is repeatedly threatening and summoning the petitioner to the police station without following due process of law.
It is further submitted that the respondent police are also threatening to seize the petitioner’s mobile phone without any lawful authority. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that respondent No.3 has received a complaint against
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the petitioner and the same was registered as a case in Cr.No.13 of 2026. It is submitted that the petitioner is a suspect in the said crime as reflected in the FIR. For the purpose of enquiry, the respondent police are calling the petitioner to the police station. 5. Considering the above submissions made by the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of, granting liberty to the petitioner to approach the learned jurisdictional Court for appropriate relief, either for pre-arrest bail or any other petition or for quashment of the proceedings, if she is entitled to do so, 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
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122 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO
WRIT PETITION NO: 5503 of 2026
Date: 03.03.2026 RSI