APHC010261032026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

THURSDAY,THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 13578/2026 Between:

1. C HANDAVARAPU RATNA KUMARI, W/O. RAVI, AGED ABOUT 43, D.NO.83-9-1455, KRISHNA BABU COLONY, OPP. VINAYAKA TEMPLE, VIP ROAD, GUNTUR CITY, GUNTUR DISTRICT PIN

522004.

...PETITIONER AND

1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DIST-522238.

2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE DGP, DGP HEADQUARTERS, MANGALAGIRI, GUNTUR DISTRICT-522503.

3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, GUNTUR DISTRICT, GUNTUR, AP-522004.

4. THE SUB DIVISIONAL POLICE OFFICER SDPO, SOUTH SUB DIVISION, GUNTUR DISTRICT-522004.

5. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, NAGARAMPALEM POLICE STATION, GUNTUR DISTRICT-522004.

6. THE INVESTIGATION OFFICER/SI OF POLICE, NAGARAMPALEM POLICE STATION, GUNTUR DISTRICT-522004.

7. SIKHA JYOTHSNA, W/O. GOVATHOTI JAYAPAUL, D/O. SIKHA PRABHAKARA RAO, AGED ABOUT 42, OCC WOMEN POLICE CONSTABLE (6839), PRESENT WORKING AT MANGALAGIRI TOWN P.S, GUNTUR DISTRICT, RESIDING AT REVENDRAPADU VILLAGE, DUGGIRALA MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT AND NOW AT BAVOJI NAGAR, 6TH LANE, GUNTUR CITY, GUNTUR DISTRICT, PIN 522302.

8. MEDIKONDA CHIRANJEEVI, S/O. DHARMA RAO, OCC PASTOR, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, GUDIWADA VILLAGE, TENALI MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT, PIN 522307.

9. SIKHA MALLESWARI PISCILLA, VURAP MEDIKONDA MALLESWARI @ PISCILLA, W/O. MEDIKONDA CHIRANJEEVI, D/O. SIKHA PRABHAKARA RAO, OCC PASTOR, AGED ABOUT 48,RESIDING AT REVENDRAPADU VILLAGE, DUGGIRALA MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT, PIN 522302.

10. S IKHA MARIYAMMA, W/O. SIKHA PRABHAKARA RAO, AGED ABOUT 58, RESIDING AT REVENDRAPADU VILLAGE, DUGGIRALA MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT, PIN 522302 ...RESPONDENT(S):

Counsel for the Petitioner:

1. MURALI BABU DOMA Counsel for the Respondent(S):

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 nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents are not conducting a fair, proper, and impartial investigation and in not filing the charge sheet in Crime No. 482 of 2025 on the file of Nagarampalem Police Station, Guntur District as illegal, arbitrary and violative of the fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 14, and 21 of the Constitution of India and also contrary to the procedure contemplated under the provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and consequently direct the respondents to conduct a fair, impartial, and expeditious investigation in Crime No. 482 of 2025 on the file of Nagarampalem Police Station, Guntur District, and to complete the investigation and file a charge sheet against the accused therein before the competent Court within a time frame to be stipulated by this Hon'ble Court…”

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

3. Mr. Murali Babu Doma, learned counsel for the Petitioner, submits that although the complaint lodged by the Petitioner was registered as a case in Crime No. 482 of 2025, dated 18.12.2025, on the file of Nagarampalem Police Station, Guntur District, for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 79, 351(2) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNS’) by Respondent No.5, he has failed to conduct a fair, proper and impartial investigation and has not taken any steps to file the charge sheet.

4. Sri P.Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that the investigation is at progressive stage, charge sheet would be filed after completion of the investigation.

5. Be that as it may, the Respondent No.5 is duty bound to conduct a thorough, fair, impartial and effective investigation and conduct the i