THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P. No. 14858 of 2010 Oral order: Questioning the action of the respondents in opening rowdy sheet against him, the petitioner filed the present writ petition, to declare such action of the respondents as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner states that he was implicated in a false case in Crime No. 117 of 1998 and the same after filing charge sheet was numbered as S.C. No. 144 of 1998 on the file of I Additional Sessions Judge, Ranga Reddy district, which ended in acquittal. That after registering the said crime, the police opened a rowdy sheet against him, and that after his acquittal in the said case, when he requested the respondents to close the rowdy sheet, the respondents implicated him in another case in C.C. No. 1211 of 2005, which ended in compromise. The petitioner states that as of today no crime is registered against him and that the respondents in the guise that a rowdy sheet is opened against him, are harassing him by calling him to the police station and confining him when ever there are public meetings. Hence, the petitioner seeks appropriate directions to the respondents to close the rowdy sheet opened against him. Respondent No.2 filed counter stating that three criminal cases were registered against the petitioner – Crime No. 13 of 1994, which was numbered as C.C. No. 227 of 1994 on the file of the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, East and North, Kothapet, ended in his acquittal on 11.09.1998; Crime No. 117 of 1998, numbered as S.C. No. 144 of 1999 on the file of I Additional District Judge, Ranga Reddy District, ended in his acquittal on 26.12.2000 and; Crime No. 105 of 2000, numbered as C.C. No. 1211 of 2005 on the file of X Metropolitan Magistrate, Malkajgiri, Cyberabad, ended in his acquittal on 15.03.2008. It is further stated that as of today no case is pending against the petitioner, and as the petitioner was involved in criminal cases, with a view to curtail unlawful activities, rowdy sheet was against the petitioner, after obtaining permission dated 02.09.1998 from the Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Malkajgiri, and that the same would be continued up to 31.12.2010. It is stated that except keeping a close watch on the activities of the petitioner, the police never interfered or harassed the petitioner, much less called him to the police station. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home for the respondents. Merely because a person is involved in more than one offence, it does not mean that he is a habitual offender, and what has to be seen is whether the criminal acts committed by him tend to disturb public peace and tranquility. In B. Satyanarayana Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh[1], a Division Bench of this Court, held that unless the criminal acts complained of has something to do with the breach of peace, solitary incident, in which a person is involved, itself cannot constitute any basis or ground to classify him as a rowdy sheeter or continue the rowdy sheet against him. In the instant case, as noted above, three criminal cases were registered against the petitioner, one ended in acquittal, one in compromise and in the last one, he was bound over for good behaviour, and as of now, it is the admitted case of the respondents that no case is registered or is pending against the petitioner for investigation by police or pending trial by any criminal court, and that being so, merely because the petitioner has been bind over for good behaviour and kept under surveillance, it does not justify the respondents to continue the rowdy sheet opened against the petitioner. Hence, the writ petition is allowed. The respondents are directed to close the rowdy sheet in question opened against the petitioner forthwith. This order, however, will not preclude the respondents from opening rowdy sheet against the petitioner, if it is found that he is involved or is involving in criminal cases, which results in breach of peace in the locality. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Dated: 8th September, 2010 KSR [1] 2004 (1) ALD (Crl.) 387 (AP)