Andhra Pradesh High Court
WP/2346/2026 of ATMURI VIJAYA LAKSHMI Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH on 4 May 2026
HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3560] TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBHENDU SAMANTA WRIT PETITION NO: 2346/2026 Between: 1. ATMURI VIJAYA LAKSHMI, W/O. LAKSHMI NARAYANA, AGED ABOUT 43
APHC010014852026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
AT AMARAVATI
(Special Original Jurisdiction)
TUESDAY,THE FIFTH DAY OF MAY
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBHENDU SAMANTA
WRIT PETITION NO: 2346/2026
Between:
1. ATMURI VIJAYA LAKSHMI, W/O. LAKSHMI NARAYANA, AGED
ABOUT
YEARS,RESIDING
AT
H.NO.
14/119-3,
EDEPALLI,EDEPAILI, MACHILIPATNAM, KRISHNA DISTRICT
...PETITIONER
AND
1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS
PRINCIPAL
SECRETARY,
HOME
DEPARTMENT,SECRETARIAT,
AMARAVATHI.
2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KRISHNA DISTRICT AT
MACHILIPATNAM. 521001
3. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KRISHNA DISTRICT, MACHILIPATNAM.
4. INSPECTOR OF POLICE, CHILAKALAPUDI POLICE STATION, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 521001
...RESPONDENT(S):
Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondent No.4 in harassing the petitioner by repeatedly calling to the 4th respondent police without proper notice or reason and making her to wait in the police station from morning till midnight, as illegal, arbitrary and unjust, besides violative of Articles 14 and 21 of Constitution of India and Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and
consequently direct the Respondent No 4 not to repeatedly call the petitioner to 4th respondent police station without following due process of law and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2026
Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased pleased to direct the Respondent No; 4 not to repeatedly call the petitioner to 4th respondent police station without following due process of law and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:
1. M SOLOMON RAJU
Counsel for the Respondent(S):
1. GP FOR HOME
The Court made the following:
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBHENDU SAMANTA
WRIT PETITION NO: 2346/2026
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ORDER:
The petitioner has approached this Court against the alleged illegal action of Respondent No. 4 in harassing the petitioner by repeatedly calling her to the police station.
2. Written instructions on behalf of the Home Department have been placed on record.
3. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home submits that one Yenugu Vama Vijaya Sagar lodged a complaint before the Station House Officer/Respondent No. 4 on 30.12.2025 against the petitioner. Based on the said complaint, the petitioner was called to the police station for a preliminary enquiry. It is further submitted that, after the preliminary enquiry, it appeared to the police authorities that the complaint was incorrect, baseless, and misguided. Therefore, the police did not register any case.
4. The learned counsel for the respondent, upon receipt of a copy of the said written instructions, submits that the alleged xerox copy of the written complaint does not contain any date. However, the police authorities, without following due process of law and without registering any crime against the petitioner, have indiscriminately threatened the petitioner. Thereby, the action of the police authorities has been challenged before this Court.
5. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, it appears that the Home Department has placed on record a xerox copy of the complaint filed by one Yenugu Vama Vijaya Sagar; however, the said xerox copy does not contain any date. Nevertheless, written instructions have been placed on record, and at this juncture, this Court cannot dispense with the same.
6. Moreover, it is made clear that the police authorities shall not threaten or harass the petitioner by calling her to the police station without proper reason or without registering any crime.
7. With the above observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There is no order as to costs. Consequently, pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed.
__________________________ JUSTICE SUBHENDU SAMANTA
Dated:05.05.2026. SSA