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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
HARINATH N.
Dupati Anurup @ Chinna S/o Srinivasa Rao – Appellant
Versus
State of Andhra Pradesh – Respondent
ORDER :
1. The petitioner is challenging the in-action on part of the respondents in closing the rowdy sheet No.357.
2. The petitioner in was shown as A.2 in CC.No.787 of 2018 and the petitioner was acquitted vide judgment dated 30.09.2019 by the learned V Additional Junior Civil Judge, Guntur and A.6 in SC.No.560 of 2021 and the petitioner was acquitted vide judgment dated 30.03.2022 by the learned IV Additional Assistant Sessions Judge, Guntur.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the respondents have not closed the rowdy sheet though there is no other case pending against the petitioner and the only case which was registered against the petitioner ended up in acquittal.
4. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that continuation of rowdy sheet against the petitioner is also a social sigma on the petitioner. It is also submitted that continuation of the rowdy sheet against the petitioner though there is no case pending against the petitioner amounts to interfering with the fundamental rights of the petitioner i.e., right to live with dignity and the right guaranteed under Article 19(1)(d).
5. The learned Assistant Government Pleader representing the
Continuation of a rowdy sheet without pending cases infringes on fundamental rights, including the right to dignity and privacy, and lacks legal justification under police standing orders.
Continuation of history sheets against acquitted individuals without pending cases violates fundamental rights under Articles 19(1)(d) and 21 of the Constitution.
The continuation of history sheets against acquitted individuals without pending cases infringes upon their fundamental rights under Articles 19(1)(d) and 21 of the Constitution.
The maintenance of a rowdy sheet requires credible evidence of habitual criminality and periodic reviews; mechanical continuation is arbitrary and unconstitutional.
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