CRLP/2247/2025 of RAJAMAHENDRAPU DURGA Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010106562025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3457] AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2247/2025 Between: Rajamahendrapu Durga ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. K CHAKRADHARA SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the complaint was filed suo moto by the Police against the petitioner by arraying the petitioner as A1 in Crime No.206 of 2024 of Prakash Nagar, East Godavari District, for the offence under Section 143, 144(2) read with 3(5) BNS, 2023 and 3(1), 4(1), 5(1)(a) of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. 2 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that petitioner is a sex worker and the Police are not empowered to register the crime and conduct investigation, unless and until a complaint is made. Learned counsel for the petitioner placed reliance on the Judgment of the Hon’ble Apex Court in Budhadeve Karmaskar Vs. Th