APHC010146042026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [0]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT WRIT PETITION NO: 7667/2026 Between:

1.MADDU SUBHASHINI DEVI, W/O LATE MADDU VENKATESWARA SWAMY, AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS, OCC HOUSEHOLD, R/O RAMALAYAM STREET, TANGUTUR VILLAGE AND MANDAL, PRAKASAM DISTRICT - 523274.

...PETITIONER AND

1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI.522238

2.THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT.523001

3.THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, TANGUTUR POLICE STATION, TANGUTUR, PRAKASAM DISTRICT.523274

4.GUERRI RAMANAMMA CHIKAN KOTTU RAMANAMMA, AGED MAJOR, R/O TANGUTUR VILLAGE AND MANDAL, PRAKASAM DISTRICT - 523274. ...RESPONDENT(S):

1.K MOHAN RAMI REDDY

1.GP FOR HOME The Court made the following:

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 natureofWritof Mandamusdeclaring the action ofthe 3rdrespondentin calling the petitioner herein to the police station at the behest of 4rt respondent without there being any complaint or case registered thereby causing interference with the personal life and liberty of the petitioner as beingillegalarbitraryunconstitutionalandinviolationofArticles21and22of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the 3 respondent not to takecoercivestepswithoutfollowingthedueprocessofLawandtogrant…”

2. Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader.

3. Sri K.Mohan Rami Reddy, learned Counsel for the Petitioner submits that the Petitioner has been called to the Police Station unnecessarily and subjected to harassment.

4. Sri P.Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that the Respondent No.4 has pledged certain gold ornaments to the Petitioner and the Petitioner later refused to give them. In that connection police have called the Petitioner to the Police Station for amicable settlement and for preliminary enquiry under Section 175(3) of ‘the BNSS’. Later the police never called the Petitioner to the Police Station as they have informed to the Petitioner and Respondent No.4 that the matter is purely civil in nature.

5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, recording the submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the Respondent No.3 not to henceforth call the Petitioner to the Police Station unnecessarily in connection with the alleged pledging of gold ornaments by Respondent No.4 with the Petitioner. There shall be no order as to costs.

As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed.

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DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 17.03.2026

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