ORDER :

N. Seshasayee, J.

1.1. Petitioners in this batch of cases impugn the decision of the police to history-sheet them, though the reliefs sought in the petitions are couched differently. They are an oft frequented category of cases that visits this Court, and they rarely show any respite, despite a few template judgments, (to which necessary reference would be made at appropriate places) of this court on the point. The pith of the ratio in these judgments primarily emphasizes that the decision to history-sheet a convict or a suspect should not be arbitrarily resorted to. The principles they have laid down are informative study material for guiding and educating the police in their approach to history-sheeting. Contextually, are not the pronouncements of this Court adequate enough to sensitize the police officials on the manner of exercise of their power to history-sheet an individual? The experience however, has been disappointing, as the attitude of the police official to history-sheeting is seen varying from plain ignorance to abject indifference in following the principles