APHC010149072026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY,THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 7823/2026 Between: 1. TALADI SRINIVASA RAO, , S/O. TALADI VENKATESWARA RAO AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, OCC ESI EMPLOYEE, R/O. D.NO. 10-150- 2, NEAR RAMALAYAM, KOTHAPETA, VETAPALEM MANDAL, CHIRALA, BAPATIA DISTRICT(ERSTWHILE PRAKASAM DISTRICT). 2. TALADI NAGAVENI, , W/O. SRINIVASA RAO, AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS, OCC HOUSEWIFE, R/O. D.NO. 10-150-2, NEAR RAMALAYAM, KOTHAPETA, VETAPALEM MANDAL, CHIRALA, BAPATIA DISTRICT(ERSTWHILE PRAKASAM DISTRICT). 3. TALADI LAKSHMI PARVATHI, D/O. SRINIVASA RAO, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS, OCC STUDENT, R/O. D.NO. 10-150-2, NEAR RAMALAYAM, KOTHAPETA, VETAPALEM MANDAL, CHIRALA, BAPATIA DISTRICT(ERSTWHILE PRAKASAM DISTRICT). 4. TALADI SHANMUKHANATH, , S/O. SRINIVASARAO, AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS, OCC EMPLOYEE, R/O. D.NO. 10-150-2, NEAR RAMALAYAM, KOTHAPETA, VETAPALEM MANDAL, CHIRALA, BAPATIA DISTRICT(ERSTWHILE PRAKASAM DISTRICT). ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, . REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT AT VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. 2 2. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE L AND O, (LL), VISAKHAPATNAM COMMISSIONERATE, VISAKHAPATNAM CITY VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 3. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, SOUTH SUB- DIVISION, VISAKHAPATNAM COMMISSIONERATE, VISAKHAPATNAM CITY, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 4. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, , DUVVADA POLICE STATION, BESIDE RTC DEPOT, DUVVADA, VISAKHAPATNAM COMMISSIONERATE, VISAKHAPATNAM CITY, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 5. THE SUBINSPECTOR OF POLICE, , DUVVADA POLICE STATION, BESIDE RTC DEPOT, DUVVADA, VISAKHAPATNAM COMMISSIONERATE, VISAKHAPATNAM CITY, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 6. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, , DUVVADA POLICE STATION, BESIDE RTC DEPOT, DUVVADA, VISAKHAPATNAM COMMISSIONERATE, VISAKHAPATNAM CITY, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 7. GONNA TALADI MOHANA ALEKHYA, , D/O GONNA RAMANA RAO AGED 27 YEARS, R/O D.NO.31-36-137, RAJEEV NAGAR, PRESENTLY RESIDING AT DOOR NO.31-41-4/1/1/2, ROAD NO.4, BALAJI NAGAR, BESIDE URBAN HOMES APARTMENT, KURMANNAPALEM, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. MADHU SUDANA SAI RAM ASADI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: 3 ORDER: The Writ Petition has been filed for the following relief: “…to issue a Writ or order more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring the action of the respondents, especially respondent Nos 5 and 6 in summoning the petitioners to the 4th respondent police station and threatening the petitioners to settle the matrimonial dispute which is pending adjudication before the Honble Jurisdictional Court with the 7th respondent and warning the petitioners to foist them into false cases with dire consequences by interfering with the personal liberty of the petitioners without there being having any pending registered crime against the petitioners and to declare the same as illegal, arbitrary, unjust and also in violation of the personal liberty guaranteed under Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution and consequently direct the respondents to follow due process established under law as under the provisions of Bharathiya Nagarik Surakha Santhitha, 2025 If any crime is registered against the petitioners…” 2. Heard the learned counsel for Petitioners and learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Mr. Madhu Sudana Sai Ram Asadi, learned counsel for the Petitioners, submits that the Petitioners have been regularly summoned to the police station and unnecessarily harassed by the Respondent Police. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that Respondent No.7 has lodged a complaint against the Petitioners, and the said complaint has been registered as a case in Crime No.91 of 2026 under Sections 318(4), 85 and 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 20231, and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 2 at Duvvada Police Station, Visakhapatnam, on 18.03.2026. It is further submitted that investigation is in progress. 1 ‘the BNS’ 2 ‘the D.P Act’ 4 5. The learned counsel for the Petitioners submits that the Respondent Police may be directed to follow due process of law. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and recording the submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of, granting liberty to the Petitioners to approach the competent Court for appropriate relief, including grant of pre-arrest bail or any other relief available under law. 7. Accordingly, 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: 23.03.2026 PRA 5 48 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 7823 of 2026 Date: 23.03.2026 PRA