APHC010098392026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3327]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.5855 OF 2026 Between:

Deshmukh Firoz Ali Khan ...PETITIONER AND The Union of India and others ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:

1. A SYAM SUNDAR REDDY 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.1 to 3 in issuing Look-out Circular (LOC) against the petitioner in connection with Crime No.581 of 2025 of Rayachoty UG Police Station, Rayachoty, Annamayya (Chittoor) district, registered for the offences punishable under Section 85 read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 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.

2. Case of the petitioner is that he has been working as a Tailor in KUWAIT for the past 20 years. He married one Deshmukh Sara Khanam on 11.04.2010 at Rayachoty as per Islam