Mode Nagalakshmi vs The State Of Andhra Pradesh on 3 August, 2026

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    Andhra Pradesh High Court – Amravati

    Mode Nagalakshmi vs The State Of Andhra Pradesh on 3 August, 2026

    APHC010249332026
                          IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA
                                      PRADESH
                                   AT AMARAVATI
                            (Special Original Jurisdiction)
                 MONDAY, THE 3rd DAY OF AUGUST 2026
    
                                  PRESENT
    
         THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO
                        KUNCHEAM
    
                       WRIT PETITION NO: 17239 OF 2026
    
    Between:
    1. MODE NAGALAKSHMI, W/o Late Mode Naga Subbarao, Aged
    about 40 Yrs, Occupation Daily Wage Agricultural Cooli, R/o Hi.
    No. 2-15, Palakayathippa Village, Koduru Mandal, Hamsaladevi,
    Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh - 521328
    
    
    2. Mode. Vamshi,, S/o Late Mode Naga Subbarao, Age about 23
    Years, Occ Daily Wage Welding Work Cooli, R/o Hi. No. 2-15,
    Palakayathippa Village, Koduru Mandal, Hamsaladevi, Krishna
    District, Andhra Pradesh - 521328
                                                         ...Petitioners
                                     AND
    
    1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, represented by the
    Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariate, Velagapudi,
    Amaravathi, Andhra Pradesh.
    
    
    2. The Superintendent of Police, Prakasam District, Andhra
    Pradesh.
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    3. The Station House Officer, Naguluppalapadu Police Station,
    Prakasam District.
    
    
    4. The SubInspector of Police, Naguluppalapadu Police Station,
    Prakasam District.
    
    
    5. Mode Narender, S/o Maha Lakshamaiah, Age about 29 Yrs,
    Occupation Welding Work, R/o R/o Hi. No. 2-15, Palakayathippa
    Village, Koduru Mandal, Hamsaladevi, Krishna District, Andhra
    Pradesh - 521328 Presently Residing at Kanigiri, Andhra Pradesh
    Cell No 9000951200.
                                                           ...Respondents

    Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying

    that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the

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    High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or orders or

    direction more particularly a writ of mandamus declaring the

    action of the Official Respondent No. 2 to 4 is not registering the

    FIR on the complaint dated 27-05-2024 given by the Petitioner

    No.1 who is the Mother of the Petitioner No.2 who met with

    accident while returning from Kanduru to home village

    Hamsaladevi for exercising his vote right General Elections on

    14-05-2024 in connection with Legislative General Elections in

    2024 which was dashed to the Anjaneya Swamy Statue at

    Nagulauppalapadu, Ongole Prakasam District and when he came
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    unconscious and he was shifted from the said spot of incident in

    the ambulance 108 to Rims Hospital at Ongole, then after he

    shifted from Rims Hospital to Sarva Super Specialty Hospital at

    Vijayawada and the information communicate to the Police same

    day and as well as to the BAJAJ FINSERV LOAN (BFL) of the

    Vehicle AP 40 BJ 4602 Pulsar 150CC (Blue Colour) and

    thereafter the Petitioner No.1 given the written complaint on 27-

    05-2024 to the SI of Police, Naguluppalapadu Police Station and

    the Police assured that to take the investigation and drag the

    matter and when the Writ Petitioner came to know the conclusion

    that the Police is avoiding to take any action in respect of the

    missing of the said vehicle and when he came to conclusion that

    it is not the missing of the vehicle but it is a act of theft of the said

    vehicle on that the Petitioner who is the purchaser of the said

    vehicle under Hypothecation Agreement from Finance Company

    BAJAJ FINSERV LOAN (BFL) a necessary required substance of

    the application subject matter written and by post was sent to the

    official Respondents No. 2 to 4 Superintendent of Police,

    Prakasam District and since then the Petitioner No.1 who is an

    widow is running pillar to post to the office of the SHO (R4) and to

    the Office (R2) Superintendent of Police but till this day the said

    official Respondents No.2 to 4 have not even registered the FIR
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    in respect of the said matter though the said offence is a theft

    U/Sec. 303 (2) B.N.S and the same is cognizable offence and the

    other offences U/Sec. 79, 351 (2) (3) B.N.S., are also which are

    cognizable as such the action of the said Official Respondents

    No.2 to 4 is violative of mandatory provision of section 173 (4) to

    193 B.N.S.S and also violative of Article 14 and 21 of the

    Constitution of India and to 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 to direct the Official

    Respondents No.2 to 4 to register the FIR and proceed with

    Investigation and File the Final Report/Charge-sheet and to pass

    Counsel for the Petitioners: SATHEESH KANNA

    Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME
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    THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM
    WRIT PETITION NO: 17239 of 2026

    The Court made the following Order:

    Instant Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the

    Constitution of India seeking the following relief:

    “to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ,
    order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of
    Mandamus declaring the action of the Official Respondent
    No. 2 to 4 is not registering the FIR on the complaint dated
    27-05-2024 given by the Petitioner No.1 who is the Mother
    of the Petitioner No.2 who met with accident while
    returning from Kanduru to home village Hamsaladevi for
    exercising his vote right General Elections on 14-05-2024
    in connection with Legislative General Elections in 2024
    which was dashed to the Anjaneya Swamy Statue at
    Nagulauppalapadu, Ongole Prakasam District and when
    he came unconscious and he was shifted from the said
    spot of incident in the ambulance 108 to Rims Hospital at
    Ongole, then after he shifted from Rims Hospital to Sarva
    Super Specialty Hospital at Vijayawada and the
    information communicate to the Police same day and as
    well as to the BAJAJ FINSERV LOAN (BFL) of the Vehicle
    AP 40 BJ 4602 Pulsar 150CC (Blue Colour) and thereafter
    the Petitioner No.1 given the written complaint on 27-05-
    2024 to the SI of Police, Naguluppalapadu Police Station
    and the Police assured that to take the investigation and
    drag the matter and when the Writ Petitioner came to know
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    the conclusion that the Police is avoiding to take any action
    in respect of the missing of the said vehicle and when he
    came to conclusion that it is not the missing of the vehicle
    but it is a act of theft of the said vehicle on that the
    Petitioner who is the purchaser of the said vehicle under
    Hypothecation Agreement from Finance Company BAJAJ
    FINSERV LOAN (BFL) a necessary required substance of
    the application subject matter written and by post was sent
    to the official Respondents No. 2 to 4 Superintendent of
    Police, Prakasam District and since then the Petitioner
    No.1 who is an widow is running pillar to post to the office
    of the SHO (R4) and to the Office (R2) Superintendent of
    Police but till this day the said official Respondents No.2 to
    4 have not even registered the FIR in respect of the said
    matter though the said offence is a theft U/Sec. 303 (2)
    B.N.S and the same is cognizable offence and the other
    offences U/Sec. 79, 351 (2) (3) B.N.S., are also which are
    cognizable as such the action of the said Official
    Respondents No.2 to 4 is violative of mandatory provision
    of section 173 (4) to 193 B.N.S.S and also violative of
    Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and to pass”.

    2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned

    Assistant Government Pleader for Home appearing on behalf of

    Respondent/State and perused the material placed available on

    record.

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    3. Conspectus of facts in the present Writ Petition is that,

    despite the petitioners’ complaint to the police personnel, the

    respondent police are not acting upon the same by registering an

    FIR, thereby lodging criminal proceedings.

    4. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, basing

    on the written instructions of the Respondent/Police, submits that

    preliminary enquiry of the police reveals that the petitioners’

    complaint does not disclose commission of any cognizable

    offence. As such, Writ Petition itself is not maintainable.

    5. Now, coming to the central issue in the lis, despite the

    petitioners’ complaint, the police are not registering an FIR; the

    aggrieved party directly initiating proceedings before the Hon’ble

    High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India or

    Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

    corresponding to Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,

    1973.

    6. In this juncture, it is appropriate to note that the issue

    involved in the present lis, is squarely covered by the Order of

    this Court dated 23.07.2026 in WP No.18425 of 2026, wherein

    this Court appreciated the facts and law by taking into
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    consideration of the dictums laid down by the Apex Court

    including latest expression held in Sujal Vishwas Attavar and

    another vs. State of Maharashtra and others1, wherein it was

    held as under:

    “7. Keeping in view the above exposition of law, we find
    that the extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the
    Constitution of India ought not to have been invoked when
    alternative equally efficacious statutory remedies were
    available. If a person has a grievance that his FIR has not
    been registered by the police, or having been registered,
    proper investigation is not being conducted, then the
    remedy does not ordinarily lie in invoking the writ
    jurisdiction in the first instance, but in seeking recourse to
    the statutory framework, unless of course the urgency of
    the circumstances warrant otherwise.

    8. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023
    (erstwhile Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973) provides a
    structured sequential mechanism for initiating criminal
    prosecution. The statutory framework contemplates that
    information relating to the commission of a cognizable
    offence is first placed before the officer-in-charge of the
    police station and an FIR is registered under Section
    173(1)
    BNSS. In the event of refusal to register the FIR,
    recourse lies before the jurisdictional Superintendent
    of Police under Section 173(4) BNSS and, thereafter,
    before the Magistrate, under Section 175(3) BNSS.
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    2026 SCC OnLine SC 798
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    9. xxxx.

    10. xxxx.

    11. The High Court is not bound to entertain a writ petition
    merely because a case of alleged inaction or negligence is
    made out against a statutory authority. Ordinarily, where a
    statute provides a complete and efficacious remedy, the
    same must be exhausted before invoking constitutional
    jurisdiction [See: Sakiri Vasu (supra) and Sudhir
    Bhaskarrao Tambe (supra)]. In the present facts, the
    complainant Company has not exhausted the sequential
    statutory remedies available under BNSS. There is,
    therefore, no foundation to invoke the extraordinary
    jurisdiction of the High Court for the reason that efficacious
    and efficient alternative remedies exists. Hence, at this
    stage, we find the instant writ petition to be premature,
    and, therefore, not fit to be entertained.”

    7. Accordingly, by applying the above ratio to the present

    case too, this Writ Petition is disposed of as under:

    i) Liberty is granted to the petitioners to approach the

    learned jurisdictional Magistrate by filing appropriate

    complaint under Section 175(3) and 210 read with 223 of

    BNSS, 2023.

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    ii) This Court has not expressed any opinion on merits

    and whether or not the complaint discloses criminal

    offences.

    iii) Equally, it will be open to all the stakeholders to avail

    remedies in terms of the statutory realm.”

    There shall be no order as to costs.

    8. Registry is directed to append a copy of the Order of this

    Court dated 23.07.2026 in WP No.18425 of 2026 along with the

    instant order.

    Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand

    closed.

    ____________________________________
    JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM
    Date: 03.08.2026
    PSA
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    THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM

    WRIT PETITION NO: 17239 of 2026

    Date: 03.08.2026

    PSA



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