APHC010037382026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3327]

AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction)

WEDNESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.2269 OF 2026 Between:

Lagubeeru Venkata Arun Kiran ...PETITIONER AND The Union of India and others ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:

1. G SEENA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents:

1. Dy. Solicitor General of India

2. GP for Home The Court made the following ORDER:

The Writ Petition is filed seeking to declare the action of respondent Nos.3 to 6 in issuing Look-out Circular (LOC) against the petitioner in connection with Crime No.77 of 2025 of Mahila UPS, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, registered for the offences punishable under Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Section 498-A IPC old) and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently to set aside the Look-Out Circular issued against the petitioner enabling him to travel from Visakhapatnam to Abu Dhabi on 08.02.2026.

2. Case of the petitioner is that he is working as an Electrical Technician in Emirate Global Aluminium Dub