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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY,THE SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX

PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO

WRIT PETITION NO: 7809/2026 Between:

SARVESWARUDU VISHNUBHOTIA ALIAS ESWAR KARTHIKEYA,, S/O. V RAMARAO, AGE. 48 YEARS, OCC. BUSINESS, R/O. BRAHMINS

STREET, DEVARAPALLI, WEST GODAVARI, ANDHRA PRADESH ..

...PETITIONER AND

1. T HE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA

PRADESH.522238.

2. T HE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, POLICE HEAD QUTERS MANGALAGIRI , GUNTUR

DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH,522302.

3. T HE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, KURNOOL III TOWN P.S, KURNOOL DISTRICT, 518003.

4. T HE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, P.S. CHITTOOR II TOWN, CHITTOOR DISTRICT, 517002.

5. T HE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, P.S. SANTHAKAVITI, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT, 532123.

6. T HE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, P.S. RAJAMPETA, ANNAMAIAH DISTRICT, 516115.

7. T HE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, P.S. TENALI III TOWN, GUNTUR

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DISTRICT, 522201.

...RESPONDENT(S):

Counsel for the Petitioner:

BARRI PARTHASARADHI REDDY Counsel for the Respondent(S):

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 order direction or writ particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus to club all FIRs registered against the Petitioner including but not limited to Crime No 21 of 2026 on the file of the Rajampeta Police Station Crime No 108 of 2025 on the file of Tenali III Town Police Station Crime No 3 of 2026 on the file of Santhakaviti Police Station Vizianagaram District Crime No 2 of 2026 on the file of Chittoor II Town Police Station Chittoor District Crime No 60 of 2026 on the file of Kurnool III Town Police Station and any other FIRs registered across the State of Andhra Pradesh that arise out of the same tweet or series of tweet from X Account with Crime No 21 of 2026 on the file of the Rajampeta Police Stationand to treat all further complaints/FIRs based on the same subject matter as part of the investigation in Crime No 21 of 2026 on the file of the Rajampeta Police Station and investigate them jointly by appointing a Common Investigating Officer and Consequently direct the Respondents not to take any coercive steps including the fresh arrest warrants or summons against the Petitioner

in relation to such similar subject matter FIRs and to pass….”

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned

Assistant Government Pleader.

3. Mr. B.Parthasaradhi Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that, in respect of one alleged offence, the police initially registered a case in Crime No.108 of 2025 on the file of Tenali III Town Police Station,

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Guntur District, for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 504, 505, 509, and 153-A of ‘the IPC’ and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (for brevity ‘the Act’). It was alleged in the said complaint that the petitioner had indulged in certain comments against constitutional dignitaries. Subsequently, several persons lodged complaints with regard to the same allegations against the petitioner in different police

stations, namely:

1. Crime No.2 of 2026 on the file of Chittoor II Town Police Station, Chittoor District, for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 196(1)(a), 79, 352, and 353(2) of ‘the BNS’ and Section 67 of ‘the

Act’;

2. Crime No.3 of 2026 on the file of Santhakaviti Police Station, Vizianagaram District for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 356(2),196(1)(a),352, and 353(2) of ‘the BNS’ and Section

67 of ‘the Act’;

3. Cr. No.21 of 2026 on the file of Rajampeta Police Station, for the alleged