IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND NINE ONLY WRIT PETITION No.22085 of 2006 Between: Bathina Venkata Ramana @ Sreenu … Petitioner And The Station House Officer, Devarapalli Police Station Visakhapatnam District. … Respondent Counsel for the petitioner : Sri S.R. Sanku Counsel for the respondent : AGP for Home This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 22085 of 2006 ORDER:- In this writ petition, the petitioner questioned opening of rowdy sheet against him by the respondent. In the counter-affidavit, it is inter alia stated that the petitioner was involved in crime No.28 of 1999 of Devarapalli police station and crime Nos.129 of 1999, 176 of 1999 and 184 of 1999 of III Town Crime police station of Visakhapatnam city and that while the first of the cases mentioned above ended in acquittal of the petitioner on 30.09.2003, the three other cases are pending trial. At the hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner produced before this Court the certified copies of the judgments of the jurisdictional Magistrates and contended that the abovementioned remaining three crimes ended in his acquittal. In view of the same, the respondent is directed to consider the claim of the petitioner that all the criminal cases ended in his acquittal and that no criminal case is presently pending against him. If the said claim of the petitioner is found correct, the respondent shall close the rowdy sheet, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Subject to the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.28026 of 2006 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. _____________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 25.06.2009 ES