IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, AT DHARWAD

DATED THIS THE 8^TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025

BEFORE

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA

WRIT PETITION NO. 101367 OF 2025 (GM-POLICE)

BETWEEN:

GANESH S/O. RENAPPA KONNUR,

AGE. 31 YEARS, OCC. PRIVATE SERVICE,

R/O.GUDIHAL ROAD, SUBHAS NAGAR,

OLD HUBLI, HUBBALLI-580020.

…PETITIONER

(BY SRI. AAYESH G. BHAT, ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE,

HUBBALLI-DHARWAD POLICE COMMISSIONERS

OFFICE, NAVANAGAR, HUBBALLI.

2. THE POLICE OFFICER,

INCHARGE OF NAVANAGAR POLICE STATION,

A.P.M.C, NAVANAGAR,

HUBBALLI.

…RESPONDENTS

VISHAL

NINGAPPA (BY SRI. T. HANUMAREDDY, AGA)

PATTIHAL

Digitally signed by

V PA IS T H T A IH L A N L INGAPPA THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227

Location: High Court of

Karnataka Dharwad Bench Date: 2025.12.11 16:18:07

+0530 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE

RESPONDENTS, TO IMMEDIATELY REMOVE THE PETITIONER S NAME

FROM THE ROWDY SHEET AND ETC.,

THIS WRIT PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY,

ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

ORAL ORDER

(PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA)

1. The petitioner is before this Court seeking the following prayer:

A. Direct the Respondents, to immediately remove the Petitioner’s name from the rowdy sheet.

B. restrain the police from issuing any further summons to the Petitioner in relation to the case that has already been quashed by the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka.

C. Direct the Respondents to consider the application dated

21/02/2024 filed by the Petitioner and take appropriate action to remove his name from the rowdy sheet in a time-

bound manner.

D. Grant such other reliefs as may be deemed fit and proper by this hon ble court in the interest of justice.

2. The petitioner is before this Court on the ground that his name has been entered in the rowdy-sheet maintained at the

2^nd respondent–Police Station.

3. The petitioner is said to have submitted a representation to the respondents seeking deletion of his name from the rowdy-sheet.

4. The learned AGA submits that the petitioner’s representation would be considered in accordance with law and that appropriate orders would be passed thereon.

5. In that light, I deem it appropriate to dispose the subject petition directing the respondents to pass necessary orders on the representation with regard to deletion of the name of the petitioner from the list of rowdies maintained before the respondent-Police Station, bearing in mind the observations made by the Co-ordinate Bench in B.S. Prakash vs. State of Karnataka and others in W.P. No.4504 of 2021 disposed of on 22.04.2022. The guidelines laid down in the said order read as follows:

“GUIDELINES FOR ROWDY/HISTORY SHEETING:

i. Before entering the name of an individual to the Register of Rowdies, the jurisdictional police shall collect and collate the material information concerning him and frame the proposal for registration on that basis.

ii. A brief proposal notice shall be sent to the individual concerned in a sealed cover with an option to submit his representation within two weeks as to why his name should not be registered as a rowdy. However, there is no need to afford a personal hearing. In exceptional cases notice may be dispensed with for reasons to be recorded in the Register of Rowdies.

iii. In terms of Clause (5), Order 1059 of the Manual, the Superintendent of Police or the Sub – Divisional Police Officer shall not accord approval for entering the name of individual concerned to the Register of Rowdies without calling for records and objectively considering the same. He shall briefly record his reasons for according the approval and mark a copy thereof to the individual forthwith, with a mention that he may petition the Police Complaints Authority, against the same.

iv. The jurisdictional Police shall compulsorily once in two years, undertake a periodic review of entries in the Register of Rowdies suo motu, as provided under Clause (2), Order 1057 of the Manual. However, it is open to the aggrieved, to make a representation at any time a