HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.1090 of 2011 Date : 07.02.2011 Between : Bellamkonda Prasad. …..Petitioner And The State of A.P., rep. by the Superintendent of Police, Guntur & others. …..Respondents HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.1090 of 2011 ORDER : In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks directions by way of Mandamus, declaring the action of respondents in continuing the rowdy sheet opened against him in rowdy sheet No.272/1998 on the file of the 5th respondent-Police Station, as illegal and arbitrary. Earlier, the petitioner was involved in Crime Nos.37 of 1997, 50 of 1997 and 51 of 1997 on the file of Repalle Police Station, Guntur District, for the offences under Sections 324 r/w.34, 506, 186, 290 and 224 of IPC. In view of involvement of petitioner in the aforesaid crimes, a rowdy sheet was opened against him. On instructions, it is submitted by the learned Government Pleader that the petitioner was acquitted in all the aforesaid three crimes, but after opening of rowdy sheet also, he was involved in Crime No.37 of 2006 on the file of Nizampatnam P.S., registered for the offence under Section 110 Cr.P.C. and in Crime No.46 of 2006 on the same P.S., for the offences under Sections 353 and 506 r/w.34 of IPC. It is to be noted that Crime No.37 of 2006 was registered under Section 110 Cr.P.C., more than four years back, only for binding over the petitioner. At the same time, Crime No.46 of 2006, which was registered after opening of rowdy sheet, also ended in acquittal. In view of the fact that in all the crimes registered prior to 2006 the petitioner is acquitted, and further, in the absence of registration of any fresh case against him after 2006, there appears no reason for continuing the rowdy sheet against the petitioner. For the aforesaid reasons, the writ petition is allowed and the rowdy sheet opened against the petitioner in rowdy sheet No.272/1998 on the file of the 5th respondent-Police Station, is hereby quashed. However, it is made clear that if the petitioner involves in any further crimes, this order will not preclude the respondents from opening a fresh rowdy sheet against him. No costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 7th February 2011 ajr