1 (RNT,J & PKC,J WP.NO.18440 OF 2026) Date of reserved for orders : Date of pronouncement : 08.07.2026 Date of uploading : 09.07.2026 APHC010342142026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3601] WEDNESDAY, THE 8th DAY OF JULY 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI NATH TILHARI THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE PURUSHOTTAM KUMAR CHINTALAPUDI WRIT PETITION NO: 18440/2026 Between: 1. CHRISTIAN JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE(CJAC), BEARING REGISTRATIONNO. 21512021, REPRESENTED BY ITS ARCH BISHOP, DR. ASHOK BABU CHEGUDI JOSHUA DANIEL, S/O LATE SEKHAR, AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, (STUDENT OF B.A. LL.B. 3RD YEAR), HAVING ITS REGISTERED/OPERATIONAL OFFICE AT D.NO.4-27-2A, JAYANTHI PET, PERALA-523157, CHIRALA MANDAL, BAPATLA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. BHANU MURTHY MEKALA, S/O ISSAK, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, ACCREDITED JOURNALIST, RESIDENT OF IBRAHIMPATNAM, NTR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOME, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI PIN CODE 522237. 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE DGP, ANDHRA PRADESH STATE POLICE HEADQUARTERS, MANGALAGIRI-522503. 2 (RNT,J & PKC,J WP.NO.18440 OF 2026) 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, ELURU DISTRICT PIN CODE - 534001. 4. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KAKINADA DISTRICT PIN CODE -533001. 5. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, NTR 1 KRISHNA DISTRICT PIN CODE -521001. 6. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, PITHAPURAM TOWN POLICE STATION PIN CODE-533450. 7. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, SARPAVARAM POLICE STATION PIN CODE -533005. 8. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, MACHILIPATNAM POLICE STATION PIN CODE 521001. 9. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, PAYAKARAOPETA POLICE STATION PIN CODE -531126 ...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 of Habeas Corpus or any other appropriate Writ, Order, or Direction, directing the Respondents to produce the body of the Detenu, Batchalluri Joseph alias Ravan, S/o Chinna Daniel, aged 39 years, currently lodged in Central Jail, Nellore, before this Honorable Court, and to declare his continuous, sequential gate-arrests the high-handed highway abduction at Nakkapalli, and the subsequent mechanical judicial remand under Gannavaram P.S. FIR No. 188/2026 (incorporating extreme UAPA provisions) as ex-facie illegal, unconstitutional, and void ab in/ti, and consequently set the Detenu at C. liberty forthwith, while granting ad-interim bail and providing immediate expert medical care and comprehensive life protection to the Detenu and his legal defense team during the pendency of this Writ Petition, in the interest of justice 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 direct the Respondents to preserve and produce the Call Data 3 (RNT,J & PKC,J WP.NO.18440 OF 2026) Records (CDRs) of the arresting officers, Station Logbooks, and Nakkapalli Highway CCTV footprints, and to stay all further coercive proceedings in connected retaliatory FIRs across the State of Andhra Pradesh, pending disposal of the main Writ Petition. Pass Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. CHIKKALA RAMA RAO Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following: 4 (RNT,J & PKC,J WP.NO.18440 OF 2026) ORDER :-(per Hon’ble Sri Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari) After arguing at some length, Sri Rana Sandeep Bussa, learned counsel representing Sri Chikkala Rma Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners appearing through virtual mode, seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present writ petition. 2. Permission is accorded. 3. The Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall also stand closed. ____________________ RAVI NATH TILHARI, J _____________________________________ PURUSHOTTAM KUMAR CHINTALAPUDI, J Date : 08.07.2026. RPD. Whether the order is : Speaking ✔ Yes/ No Reasoned ✔ Yes/ No Reportable ✔ Yes/ No Non-Reportable ✔ Yes/ No 5 (RNT,J & PKC,J WP.NO.18440 OF 2026) THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI NATH TILHARI AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE PURUSHOTTAM KUMAR CHINTALAPUDI (DISMISSED AS WITHDRAWN) WRIT PETITION NO: 18440 of 2026 Date: 08.07.2026 RPD.