APHC010602642025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 31261/2025 Between: 1. SHAIK ABDUL RAHIMAN, S/O. ABDUL SATTAR,D.NO.7-493-UP STAIR, CUMBUM ROAD, MARKAPURAM, MARKAPUR, PRAKASAM , ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, A.P. SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE SUPERINDENT OF POLICE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT, ONGOLE. (ERSTWHILE PRAKASAM) DISTRICT 3. THE DEPUTY SUPERINDENT OF POLICE, MARKAPURAM DIVISION, MARKAPURAM 4. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, C.I. OFFICE, MARKAPURAM TOWN, PRAKASAM DISTRICT. 5. THE STATION OFFICER, II TOWN, MARKAPURAM TOWN, PRAKASAM DISTRICT ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: SAIDULU SHAIK Counsel for the Respondent(S): 2 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.31261 of 2025 Dated 24.02.2026 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 order, direction or Writ more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, declaring the inaction of Respondents/Police herein in failure to register the complaint dated 22/09/2025 as illegal, arbitrary and in violation of 14,19,21,3 00A of the constitution of India and consequently direct to Respondents/Police to register the complaint dated 22/09/2025 forthwith in the interest of justice and pass….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Sri Saidulu Shaik, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that respondent No.5 has not registered an FIR pursuant to the complaint dated 22.09.2025 filed by the petitioner, despite the contents of the complaint clearly disclosing the commission of cognizable offences. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, requests this Court to pass appropriate orders. 5. In view of the above, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing respondent No.5 to register an FIR on the complaint dated 22.09.2025 of the petitioner, if it discloses any cognizable offence in accordance with law following the procedure contemplated laid down in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’). 3 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.31261 of 2025 Dated 24.02.2026 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: 24.02.2026 PBS 4 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.31261 of 2025 Dated 24.02.2026 126 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 31261 of 2025 Date: 24.02.2026 PBS