APHC010715152025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 249/2026 Between: Bangaru Hari Krishna, and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. N PRAMOD Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 2. The writ petition has been filed questioning the interference of the respondents/police in a civil dispute. 2 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that a civil dispute is pending between the petitioners and the 4th respondent in A.S. No.141 of 2019 on the file of the learned II Additional District Judge, Madanapalle, which was filed against the judgment and decree passed in O.S. No.106 of 2007. Another appeal suit in A.S. No.120 of 2019 is also pending against the judgment and decree passed in O.S. No.240 of 2015. 4. The learned Assistant Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that the 4th respondent submitted a report against the petitioners to the 3rd respondent, who in turn registered the same as a case in Crime No.170 of 2025 of B. Kothakota U/G Police Station on 25.12.2025, for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 329(3) and 126(2) read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, “the BNS”), against the petitioners and some others. After thorough investigation, a charge sheet was also filed. 5. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners got issued a legal notice through their counsel on 23.12.2025 to the respondents. If the petitioners are aggrieved by the inaction of the police in registering their complaint, they are at liberty to approach the learned Jurisdictional Magistrate by way of filing a complaint. 6. Be that as it may, the Government officials, including the police, are not expected to interfere in the civil dispute between the parties. 3 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing respondent Nos.1 to 3 not to interfere in the civil dispute pending between the petitioners and the 4th respondent. No order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ Dr.Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J. Date: 22.01.2026 KMS 4 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.249 of 2026 Date: 22.01.2026 KMS 123