B. Venkateswarlu, v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati, Writ Petition No. 7265/2026, Dr Justice Y. Lakshmana Rao, decided 05.05.2026. Petitioner B. Venkateswarlu sought mandamus against the State, the Superintendent of Police Markapuram and the Subinspector of Police Podili Mandal for not registering his complaint dated 05.01.2026 against unofficial respondent Bommireddy Sridevi; police had closed a PGRS complaint after preliminary enquiry finding a civil dispute. Court held the petitioner has an alternative efficacious remedy to file a private complaint before the Jurisdictional Magistrate under Section 190 read with Section 200 Cr.P.C. / Section 210 read with Section 223 BNSS and disposed of the writ petition with no order as to costs. Keywords: FIR registration, police inaction, alternative remedy, private complaint, PGRS, civil dispute, Cr.P.C. S.190/S.200, BNSS S.210/S.223.
What did the court decide?
None of the reliefs sought; the Writ Petition is disposed of requiring the Petitioner, if so advised, to approach the learned Jurisdictional Magistrate by filing an appropriate complaint under Section 190 read with Section 200 of the Cr.P.C. / Section 210 read with Section 223 of the BNSS; no order as to costs; miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed.