1 (RNT,J & SS,J W.P. NO.16046 OF 2026) Date of reserved for orders : Date of pronouncement : 24.06.2026 Date of uploading : 02.07.2026 APHC010308902026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3562] WEDNESDAY, THE 24th DAY OF JUNE 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI NATH TILHARI THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBHENDU SAMANTA WRIT PETITION NO: 16046/2026 Between: 1. MALLELA SREENIVASULU, S/O M. NARAYANA, AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, OCCUPATION AGRICULTURE, R/O D.NO.5-949, BC COLONY, KOTHACHERUVU VILLAGE AND POST, KOTHACHERUVU MANDAL, SRI SATHYA SAL DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. - 515133. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF AP, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, ANDHRA PRADESH. 522238 2. THE SUPERINENT OF POLICE, SRI SATHYA SAL DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH 515134 3. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, BATHALAPALLI POLICE STATION, SRI SATHYA SAI DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH 515661 4. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, TADIMARRI POLICE STATION, SRI SATHYA SAI DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH.. 515671 5. THE SUBDIVISIONAL POLICE OFFICER, , DHARMAVARAM SUB- 2 (RNT,J & SS,J W.P. NO.16046 OF 2026) DIVISION, SRI SATHYA SAI DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH.515671 ...RESPONDENT(S): Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased topleased to issue a Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Habeas Corpus declaring the action of the respondents in illegally detaining the petitioner's wife namely Mallela Ganga @ Ganga without authority of law, without registration of any case, without producing her before the competent Magistrate and without informing the family members regarding her whereabouts as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and violative of Articles 21 and 22 of the Constitution of India, consequently direct the respondents to produce the detenue Mallela Ganga @ Ganga before this Hon'ble Court forthwith and set her at liberty, and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2026 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased pleased to immediately produce the detenue namely Mallela Ganga @ Ganga before this Hon'ble Court and further direct the respondents not to subject her to any physical or mental harassment, torture or coercion, pending disposal of the above writ petition and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. PALEGARI JAYACHANDRA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. PALEGARI JAYACHANDRA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following: 3 (RNT,J & SS,J W.P. NO.16046 OF 2026) ORDER :-(per Hon’ble Sri Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari) Sri Kosaraju Venkatesh, learned counsel for the writ petitioner, submits that the writ petitioner is no longer in the custody or under the illegal detention of the respondents, and, therefore, the present writ petition has become infructuous. 2. Recording the submission as aforesaid, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall also stand closed. ____________________ RAVI NATH TILHARI, J ______________________ SUBHENDU SAMANTA, J Date :24.06.2026. RPD. Whether the order is : Speaking ✔ Reasoned Reportable Non-Reportable ✔ 4 (RNT,J & SS,J W.P. NO.16046 OF 2026) 140 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI NATH TILHARI THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBHENDU SAMANTA (DISMISSED AS INFRUCTUOUS) WRIT PETITION NO: 16046 of 2026 Date : 24.06.2026 RPD.