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APHC010719502025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 775/2026 Between:
G RAGHAVAENDRA PAVAN, S/O NARASIMHA RAO, AGED 25 YEARS, OCC ADVOCATE, R/O 45-18-16/2A, GANDHAM VANI STREET, NEAR VISWA BHARATHI SCHOOL, GUNADALA, VIJAYAWADA.
...PETITIONER AND
1. THE STATE OF AP, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI.
2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, GUNTUR, GUNTUR DISTRICT.
3. STATION HOUSE OFFICER, MANGALAGIRI RURAL POLICE STATION, MANGALAGIRI, GUNTUR DISTRICT.
...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner:
V V PADMA KUMARI Counsel for the Respondent(S):
GP FOR HOME The Court made the following:
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ORDER:
The Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief:-
“…to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents particularly 3rd respondent in not conducting a proper and effective investigation into the complaint lodged by the petitioner in F.I.R. No. 136 of 2025, registered for the offence punishable under Section 125(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, on the file of Mangalagiri Rural Police Station, Mangalagiri, Guntur District, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondents to complete the investigation and file the charge sheet before the competent jurisdictional Court within stipulated time….”
2. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home.
3. Sri Manoj Kumar, learned counsel appearing forV.V.Padma Kumari,
learned counsel for the Petitioner, submits that, the charge sheet has not been filed. However, Sri Ajay Babu, learned Government Pleader for Home, on written instructions, submits that upon completion of the investigation, a preliminary charge sheet has already been filed. It is further submitted that upon receipt of the MVOP certificate from the District Court, Guntur, the final charge sheet will be filed before the learned Magistrate.
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4. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of, as the grievance of the petitioner has already been remedied. However, respondent No.3 is
directed to obtain the necessary certificates and file the charge sheet within a period of two months.
5. 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: 27.01.2026 PRA
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41 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO
WRIT PETITION NO: 775 of 2026
Date: 27.01.2026 PRA