IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 23473 of 2009 Between: Aduri Shankapani. .. PETITIONER AND The Inspector of Police, Avanigadda Police Station, Krishna District and another. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: The petitioner was an accused in S.T.C.No.232 of 2001 for an offence punishable under Section 290 IPC. The trial Court, after trial, found him guilty of the said offence, convicted and sentenced him to pay a fine of Rs.100/-. The petitioner was also an accused in Crime No.38 of 2005 of Avanigadda Police Station, Krishna District, for the offence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC. In the light of registration of the said crimes, a rowdy sheet was opened against the petitioner in the year 2005. Subsequently, it appears, a charge sheet was filed and that a competent criminal Court acquitted him of the said charge. Despite the said fact, as the rowdy sheet was not closed, the petitioner approached this Court and filed the present writ petition seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to close the rowdy sheet against the petitioner. On instructions, the learned Government Pleader for Home admitted the said factual matrix and submitted that no case is pending against the petitioner. In the light of the said submission of the learned Government Pleader for Home, the Writ Petition is allowed and the rowdy sheet opened against the petitioner in the year 2005 is hereby quashed. No order as to costs. ___________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J Date:20.11.2009 SJ