Attaluri Bapi Raju Sarma v. the State of Ap
Case brief
What is this about?
Andhra Pradesh High Court, Amaravati; Writ Petition No. 6736/2026; decided 09.03.2026 by Dr Justice Y. Lakshmana Rao. Keywords: Article 226 writ of mandamus; police interference in civil dispute; repeated police station summons without FIR; abuse of police authority; Articles 14, 19, 21; life and liberty; due process; blank paper signatures; threat of SC/ST (POA) Act implication; government-allotted dwelling; Sattenapalli Town P.S., Palnadu District. Petitioners: Attaluri Bapi Raju Sarma and Attaluri Venkata Naga Jyothi (counsel Baggi Venkata Pavan Kumar). Outcome: petition disposed of with direction restraining unnecessary summons and interference with life and liberty except per due process; no costs.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the respondents not to summon the petitioners to the Police Station unnecessarily and not to interfere with their life and liberty except in strict accordance with due process of law; no order as to costs; miscellaneous petitions, if any, closed.