APHC010142662026 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: 7709/2026 Between: 1. J.K. RAJESH SINGH,, S/O LATE NARASIMHULU SINGH, AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS, OCC MANAGING PARTNER, IKON ASSOCIATES R/O.D NO. 100/58-2, IKON VILLAGE, VISWANATHAPURAM, OK DINNE MANDAL, P. KADAPA, YSR KADAPA DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP., BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELGAPUDI, AMARAVATI. GUNTUR DISTRICT. 522238 2. THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, KURNOOL RANGE, ANDHRA PRADESH, KURNOOL DISTRICT.518001 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, YSR KADAPA DISTRICT, KADAPA.516001 4. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, C.K. DINNE POLICE STATION, YSR KADAPA DISTRICT.516003 ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. V R REDDY KOVVURI 2 Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: ORDER: The Writ Petition has been filed for the following relief: “…to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction and failure on the part of the respondents in conducting a fair and proper investigation in Crime No.253 of 2023 of C.K. Dinne Police Station, C.K.Dinne Mandal, YSR Kadapa - District, as illegal, arbitrary, abdication of the statutory duty cast on them and also the contrary to the well established legal principles apart from being violative of the fundamental rights guaranteed to me under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently to transfer the investigation of the said crime to any independent Investigating Agency such as the CBCID or any other competent Investigating Agency …” 2. Heard the learned counsel for Petitioner and learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Mr. V.R. Reddy Kovvuri, learned counsel for the Petitioner, submits that the Respondent Police have failed to conduct a fair and proper investigation in Crime No.253 of 2023 of C.K. Dinne Police Station, YSR Kadapa District. 4. Sri P.Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that Respondent No.4 has filed a final report treating the case as false in Crime No.253 of 2023 of C.K. Dinne Police Station, YSR Kadapa District, and that notice dated 08.01.2026 was served by the learned Jurisdictional Magistrate in R.C.No.01 of 2026 to the Petitioner. 5. The learned counsel for the Petitioner, however, submits that no such notice has been received by the Petitioner so far. 3 6. Be that as it may, when the case has culminated by way of filing a final report referring it as false, the Petitioner has got an alternative efficacious remedy of filing a protest petition before the Jurisdictional Magistrate under Section 190 read with Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity, ‘the Cr.P.C.,’ / Section 210 read with 223 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNSS’). 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and recording the submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of requiring the Petitioner, if so advised, to approach the learned Jurisdictional Magistrate by way of filing a protest petition under Section 190 read with Section 200 of ‘the Cr.P.C.,’ / Section 210 read with 223 of ‘the BNSS’. 8. On filing of such private complaint by the Petitioner before the learned Jurisdictional Magistrate, the learned Jurisdictional Magistrate is directed to bestow his attention to the same and deal with the complaint in accordance with law. 9. 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 4 103 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 7709 of 2026 Date: 30.03.2026 PRA