Ujagar Singh, J. - The petitioner is seeking the quashing of the history-sheet opened by the respondents in respect of his name. The grounds for quashing the history sheet are that the petitioner is M.Sc. (Plant Pathology) from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and his father is a retired military officer who, after his retirement, is living in his native village. The petitioner also lives with his father, along with other members of his family.

2. In the year 1983, one Pritpal Singh, an officer of the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana was murdered and the petitioner was falsely involved in that case for hatching up criminal conspiracy. He was then tried by the Court of Session and acquitted in June, 1986. Petition of the Punjab State for leave to appeal against the judgment of acquittal was dismissed in limine by the High Court. After registration of the case, name of the petitioner was entered in register No. 10, Police Station, Dhkha, District Ludhiana. History-sheet was also opened after taking his foot-prints, finger-prints and photographs in the Police Station. After the name of the petitioner was entered, as mentioned above, the Police officers of that Pol