THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.18314 of 2008 ORDER: 1 Petitioner filed this Writ Petition questioning the opening of rowdy sheet against him in Bhavani Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad under the provisions of Andhra Pradesh Police Manual 601. 2 It is stated that initially a rowdy sheet was opened against him on the ground that he is involved in Cr.No.44 of 2008 on the file of Moghalpura Police Station and also in Cr.No.80 of 2008 on the file of Saroornagar Police Station. It is the case of the petitioner that the said crimes were registered in view of the civil disputes that exist between him and one Mr.Ravinder Reddy. It is stated that when there was a move for compromise between the petitioner and the said Ravinder Reddy and as the petitioner did not agree for the compromise proposals, the above two crimes were registered at the instance of the said Ravinder Reddy. 3 So far as the Cr.No.44 of 2008 is concerned, it is registered for the offence punishable under sections 452 and 506 of IPC on the file of Moghalpura Police Station. But after filing charge sheet, the petitioner was acquitted of the said offences on 06.11.2009 in C.C.No.554 of 2008. It is further stated that Cr.No.80 of 2008, which was registered for the offences punishable under sections 447 and 506 of IPC on the file of Saroornagar Police Station ended in compromise in the year 2010 vide C.C.No.555 of 2008. 4 It is the grievance of the petitioner that though he is not a habitual offender, in view of registration of two crimes referred to above, on false allegations a rowdy sheet has been opened against him. 5 On the other hand, it is stated in the counter affidavit filed by the third respondent that the petitioner is a close associate of one Mr. Khaled ahmed @ Ajju a notorious rowdy sheeter of Shalibanda Police Station. It is stated that in view of the involvement of the petitioner in the crimes referred to above, in exercise of powers vested under Andhra Pradesh Police Manual 601, a rowdy sheet was opened against the petitioner. 6 When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned Government Pleader for Home while admitting that the crimes registered against the petitioner in Cr.No.44 of 2008 registered on the file of Moghalpura Police Station ended in acquittal and Cr.No.80 of 2008 registered on the file of Saroornagar police station ended in compromise, stated that the petitioner is also involved in further Cr.Nos.62 of 2009 and 34 of 2009 both on the file of Bhavani Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad. 7 It is to be noticed that even the case in Cr.No.62 of 2009 also ended in compromise before the Lok Adalat on 22.06.2009 vide Crl.M.P.No.2554 of 2009. So far as Cr.No.34 of 2009 is concerned, it is registered to bind over the petitioner under section 107 of Cr.P.C. Even as per the submissions made by the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents, no case is registered against the petitioner in the year 2010 and all the crimes, which were registered against him earlier, have, either ended in compromise or the petitioner was acquitted. Even as per the Police Manual, rowdy sheet opened is to be considered at the end of every year taking into account the pendency of the cases and further involvement of the person against whom the rowdy sheet is opened in criminal cases. In this case, it is clear from the statement of the learned Government Pleader and also the learned counsel for the petitioner that no cases are pending against the petitioner as of now and the petitioner was also not involved in any crime during the year 2010. In that view of the matter, there is no reason for continuing the rowdy sheet opened against the petitioner. 8 For the aforesaid reasons, the rowdy sheet opened against the petitioner on the file of Bhavani Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad is hereby quashed. However, it is made clear that if the petitioner is involved in any further crime, it will not preclude the respondents to open a fresh rowdy sheet against the petitioner. 9 Subject to the above observation, this Writ Petition is allowed. No order as to costs. ----------------------- R.Subhash Reddy, J. 25.08.2011 Kvsn