APHC010258432026 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: 13594/2026 Between:

1. R AMILLA REDDAIAH,, S/O. R. KRISHNAIAH, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, OCC. BUSINESS, R/O. D.NO. 3-30, RAMIREDDIGARIPALLI VILLAGE, K.V. PALLI MANDAL, ANNAMAYYA DISTRICT.

...PETITIONER AND

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

2. T HE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, ANNAMAYYA DISTRICT AT MADANAPALLE.

3. T HE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, /SUB DIVISIONAL POLICE OFFICER, RAYACHOTY SUB DIVISION, ANNAMAYYA DISTRICT.

4. T HE SUBINSPECTOR OF POLICE, K.V.PALLI POLICE STATION, K.V.

PALLI, ANNAMAYYA DISTRICT.

5. T HE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, K.V.PALLI POLICE STATION, ANNAMAYYA DISTRICT.

6. P ILLELA DEVENDRA, S/O. LATE NARAYANASWAMY, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, OCC. CULTIVATION, R/O. MELLACHERUVU MANDAL, PILER MANDAL, ANNAMAYYA DISTRICT.

7. R AMISETTY MOHAN, S/O. R. VENKATAIAH, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, OCC. DRIVER, R/O. D.NO. 1-860/1, BANDLAVANKA, PILER TOWN AND MANDAL, ANNAMAYYA DISTRICT.

8. T EJATHIRUNATH, S/O. P. VENKATARAMANA, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, OCC. CULTIVATION, R/O. D.NO. 4-50, MANCHUVARI PALLI VILLAGE, ERRAGUNTAPALLI PANCHAYAT, PILER MANDAL, ANNAMAYYA DISTRICT.

9. C HITTOOR PARTHASARATHI, S/O. LATE RAMAKRISHNAIAH, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, OCC. CULTIVATION, R/O. D.NO. 3-5, YADAVA STREET, A.RANGAMPETA VILLAGE, CHANDRAGIRI MANDAL, TIRPUATHI DISTRICT.

...RESPONDENT(S):

Counsel for the Petitioner:

1. VINOD KUMAR PEMMASANI Counsel for the Respondent(S):

1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following:

THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 13594/2026

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, more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus, declaring inaction of respondents Nos.3, 4 and 5 in conducting investigation and filling Charge Sheet in Crime No.126 of 2022 which was registered against respondent Nos.6, 7, 8 and 9 on 03.09.2022 for the offences under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 472, 506 r/w 34 IPC r/w 156(3) Cr.P.C before the 5^th respondent as per the directions of the Hon’ble Additional Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Piler and to declare the same as arbitrary, unjust and violative of the provisions established under Bharathiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhitha Act, 2023 and Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the official respondents to conduct the investigation in Crime No.126 of 2022 and file Charge Sheet against the respondent Nos. 6, 7, 8 and 9 and prosecute the accused persons for appropriate offences under penal provisions of law, and pass…”

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

3. Mr. P.Vinod Kumar, learned counsel for the Petitioner, submits that although the complaint lodged by the Petitioner was registered as a case in Crime No.126 of 2022, dated 03.09.2022, on the file of K.V.Palli Police Station, Annamayya District, for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 472, 506 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for brevity, ‘I.P.C’) r/w section 156(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code (for brevity, ‘the Cr.P.C’) by Respondent No.4, 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.4 is duty bound to conduct a thorough, fair, impartial and effective investigation and conduct the investigation to the logical end as per the procedure.

6. In this rega