IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 28315 of 2009 Between: Ch.Nepal Reddy ..... PETITIONER(S) AND The Superintendent of Police, Warangal and two others. .....RESPONDENT(S) THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 28315 of 2009 ORDER : According to the petitioner, when he was implicated in a false case, the respondents opened a rowdy sheet against him as early as in the year 1997. Later, he was acquitted by the competent Criminal Court. Subsequently, the 3rd respondent-Station House Officer, Hanamkonda Police Station, Warangal, registered various cases against him and all the cases were ended in acquittal. Despite the fact that the petitioner was acquitted of all the charges, the respondents are extending the rowdy sheet for every year without assigning any reason and they are frequently summoning him to the police station and detaining him hours together. Aggrieved by the action of the respondents, the petitioner approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Home and perused the record. 3. On instructions, the learned Government Pleader for Home submitted that except this case, there are no other cases pending against the petitioner and he also admitted the fact that the petitioner was acquitted of the charges by the competent Criminal Court. 4. In the light of the acquittal and as there are no cases pending against the petitioner, this Court is of the view that the continuation of the rowdy sheet is nothing but an abuse of process of law. 2. Accordingly, the writ petition is allowed and the rowdy sheet opened against the petitioner in the year 1997, on the file of Hanmakonda police station, Warangal District, is hereby quashed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ 28th January, 2010 kvr