1 APHC010125932020 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 7719/2020 Between: 1. V S R ANJANEYULU, V.S.R.ANJANEYULU, S/O VENKATESWARLU AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS, R/O D.NO. 1-4/5-6, KAMAKOTI NAGAR, VIDAYDHARAPURAM, VIJAYAWADA ...PETITIONER AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, , THROUGH ITS PRL. SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT 2. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, VIJAYAWADA 3. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, BHAVANIPURAM P.S., VIJAYAWADA ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. VAJJHALA SATYANARAYANA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME (AP) The Court made the following: 2 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 particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus directing the Respondent No.3 to register the complaint Dt.09 .01.2020 directing the Respondent No.2 to shift the process of investigation to Central Crime Investigation Vijayawada declaring their inaction as illegal and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India besides being violative of Indian Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code consequently directing to complete the process of investigation within a stipulated time and pass such other orders pass other order(s)….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the police have not registered any FIR pursuant to the complaint dated 09.01.2020 lodged by the petitioner. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on written instructions, submits that the police have registered a case in Crime No. 245 of 2021 for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 381 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity, “the IPC”). In the course of investigation, the accused, who was a servant of the petitioner, died on 09.05.2022. 5. In view of the above, the Writ Petition is disposed of, granting liberty to the petitioner to avail him of the legal remedies available under law. 6. In the result, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. 3 As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 17.02.2026 KMS 4 145 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.7719 of 2020 Date: 17.02.2026 KMS