Kagithala Lakshmi SanthaKumari v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
Case brief
What is this about?
Andhra Pradesh High Court, Amaravati; W.P. No. 15354 of 2026; habeas corpus; Article 226; illegal detention by police; detenues Kagithala Srinivasa Rao and Tiruveedhula Subbarao; Articles 14, 19 and 21; I.As. Nos. 1–3 of 2026 under Section 151 CPC (production of detenues; CCTV preservation Vijayawada/Eluru L&O Police Stations from 08.06.2025; medical examination before advocate commissioner); detenues reported set at liberty; writ petition closed, no order as to costs; pending applications closed; per Justice R. Raghunandan Rao with Justice T.C.D. Sekhar; dated 15.06.2026.
What did the court decide?
Since learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the detenues had been set at liberty and were moving about freely, nothing further survived in the Writ Petition and it was accordingly closed, with no order as to costs. ¶38