Shaganti Narsaiah v. State of Telangana
Writ Petition under Article 226 – Police interference in purely civil dispute between private parties
Case brief
What is this about?
Shaganti Narsaiah v. State of Telangana & others, Writ Petition No. 43264 of 2017, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad, decided 13.10.2025 by N. Tukaramji J. Police interference in civil dispute; pressure on petitioner to pay alleged amounts to respondent no. 5 (Kambhampati Narsimha Rao); directions restraining Suryapet police (Dy. SP and Circle Inspector) from summoning petitioner or compelling settlement payments; Articles 14, 21 and 226 Constitution of India; Section 151 CPC interim application; reliance on Kishore Samrite v. State of U.P. (2011) 2 SCC 398 and M. Subramaniam v. S. Janaki (2020) 16 SCC 7118; writ petition disposed of without costs; police action in cognizable offences saved.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions to the respondents/police authorities to refrain from interfering in the petitioner's day-to-day affairs, not to insist upon or compel payment of the disputed amounts claimed by respondent no. 5, and not to involve themselves in the civil disputes between the petitioner and respondent no. 5; legitimate police action in accordance with law in connection with criminal complaints or cognizable offences saved; no order as to costs; miscellaneous petitions, if any, closed.