IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.2279 of 2011 Date of Decision : February 07, 2011. Amrinder Singh @ Billi .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Ms.G.K.Mann, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. Ms.Monica Chhibbar Sharma, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Let four copies of the writ petition be supplied to the learned State Counsel during the course of day. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter-reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the respondent- police authorities to remove/delete his name from the list of 'bad characters' maintained in the Police Station B-Division, Amritsar. It is averred that during his student life, the petitioner was involved in criminal C.W.P.No .2279 of 2011 2 cases vide FIR Nos.212 of 2004 and 129 of 2006 in which the petitioner has already been acquitted by the Courts vide judgments dated 17.7.2006 and 8.9.2009 (Annexures P1 & P-2 respectively). It is also averred that one case under Section 307 IPC is also registered and pending against the petitioner. The petitioner's case is that on the basis of a stray case registered against him, he cannot be branded as a 'bad character' or 'history sheeter'. In this regard, the petitioner has already represented the police authorities on 12.8.2009 and 10.2.2010 (Annexures P-3 & P-4, respectively) for deletion of his name from the aforesaid list but no action appears to have been taken by the respondents so far. Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed reliance on a judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Kharak Singh versus State of U.P. And others, AIR 1963 SC 1295 as well as the order dated 16.2.2004 passed by this Court in Criminal Misc.No.7068-M of 2003 (Lakha Singh versus State of Punjab and others) (Annexure P-5). Having heard learned counsel for the parties and in the absence of any reply/details of the petitioner's involvement in different types of criminal cases, if any, though no final view with regard to the issues raised herein above can be formed by this Court, nevertheless, it appears obligatory upon the police authorities to consider the petitioner's representation in the light of the afore-mentioned decisions. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the Commissioner of Police, Amritsar, to consider and redress the afore- mentioned grievance of the petitioner by passing a speaking order within a C.W.P.No .2279 of 2011 3 period of one month from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Dasti. February 07, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE