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Sh Ravi Kumar Wadhwan @Nanhe v. State of Govt of NCT of Delhi through SHO

Delhi HC8 Dec 2025W.P.(CRL)/3069/2023

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What is this about?

Surveillance Register; History Sheet; Bad Character record; Delhi Police; Punjab Police Rules 1934 — Rules 23.8, 23.13, 23.13(4); Standing Order No. 54/2022; seven years good behaviour; destruction of personal file; review and updating of criminal record; history sheet opened under Bundle-A; W.P.(CRL) 3069/2023; Sanjeev Narula, J.; decided 08.12.2025; disposed of with direction to State to review record.

What did the court decide?

Direction to the State to review the Petitioner's record and update his criminal record in accordance with law; liberty to the Petitioner to submit, within one week, the order and documents showing settled cases to the competent authority, which is to pass a fresh order and communicate its decision to him; liberty to pursue appropriate remedies if aggrieved. ¶19

Sh Ravi Kumar Wadhwan @Nanhe Vs State of Govt of NCT of Delhi through SHO — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the Petitioner's name should be removed from the Surveillance Register, History Sheet and Bad Character record maintained by the Delhi Police. +1 more

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Ratio / Principle

The writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the State to review the Petitioner's record and update his criminal record in accordance with law.

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Key takeaways

The Petitioner is at liberty to supply, within one week, a copy of the order with supporting documents indicating the settled cases to the competent authority; upon receipt, a fresh order is to be passed by the concerned authority and communicated to the Petitioner.ratio¶19
If aggrieved by the fresh order of the competent authority, the Petitioner is entitled to take recourse to appropriate remedies in accordance with law.ratio¶22
Background framework recorded by the Court: History Sheets are opened under Rule 23.8 of the Punjab Police Rules, 1934; personal files are maintained under PPR 23.13, whose sub-rule (4) permits destruction of a personal file where the person has been of good behaviour continuously for seven years.

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Delhi High Court (Sanjeev Narula, J.) disposed of a writ petition in which the petitioner, previously involved in four criminal cases (FIRs under 379/411 IPC, 356/379/34 IPC, 356/379/411/34 IPC and 324/34 IPC, the last registered in 2020 and pending trial), sought removal of his name from the Surveillance Register, History Sheet and Bad Character record of the Delhi Police. The Court recorded that History Sheets are opened under Rule 23.8 of the Punjab Police Rules, 1934, personal files are maintained under PPR 23.13 — Rule 23.13(4) permitting destruction of a personal file after seven years of continuous good behaviour — and that Surveillance Register entries are governed by Standing Order No. 54/2022. The petitioner's History Sheet had been opened on 28.09.2022 under Bundle-A; during the proceedings the State reported two further cases (2024–2025) and that the history sheet was due for review, while the petitioner stated that one case stood settled. The Court directed the State to review and update the petitioner's record in accordance with law, permitted him to submit the order and settled-case documents to the competent authority within one week, directed that a fresh order be passed and communicated to him, and left him free to avail appropriate remedies if aggrieved.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(CRL) 3069/2023

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SH RAVI KUMAR WADHWAN @NANHE .....Petitioner

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Through: Mr. Abhishek Kumar and Ms. Annie, Advocate.

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versus

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STATE OF GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI THROUGH SHO

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.....Respondent

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Through: Mr. Yasir Rauf Ansari, ASC for State with Mr. Alok Sharma, Advocate. ASI Raman Singh, PS-Raj Park.

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

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O R D E R

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% 08.12.2025

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The present writ petition seeks removal of the Petitioner’s name from the Surveillance Register, History Sheeter and Bad Character record maintained by the Delhi Police.

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From the record, it emerges that the Petitioner was previously involved in four criminal cases, the last of which was registered in the year 2020 and is presently pending trial before the concerned Court. The details of these cases are as follows:

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S. No.	FIR No.	Sections	Police Station
1	OD-RB-000801/2020	379/411 IPC	Rani Bagh
2	913/2020	356/379/34 IPC	Ranhola
3	471/2020	356/379/411/34 IPC	Rani Bagh
4	499/2010	324/34 IPC	Mangolpuri

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 10/12/2025 at 13:53:22

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The History Sheet of a criminal is opened under Rule 23.8 of the Punjab Police Rules, 1934. Personal files of persons for whom History Sheets are opened are maintained in accordance with PPR 23.13. PPR 23.13(4) which provides, “ To prevent the undue accumulation of useless personal files, the Superintendent may, at his discretion, order the destruction of the personal file of any person of whom a History Sheet does not exist when such person has been of good behaviour continuously for seven years and the up-keep of his personal file appears unnecessary .”

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The entering and deletion of names in the Surveillance Register is governed by Standing Order No. 54/2022. 5. The Status Report notes that the Petitioner has previously been involved in offences such as hurt, theft and snatching. On 28th September, 2022, the Petitioner’s History Sheet was opened under Bundle-A. 6. Mr. Yasi Rauf Ansari, ASC for the State, submits that during pendency of the present proceedings, the Petitioner has been implicated in two additional cases in 2024–2025 and his history sheet is due for review. Mr. Abhishek Kumar, counsel for the Petitioner submits that out of the four cases listed in the Status Report, one has already been settled. 7. In view of the above, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the State to review the Petitioner’s record and update his criminal record, in accordance with law. 8. The Petitioner shall be at liberty to supply, within one week from today, a copy of this order along with supporting documents to the competent authority, indicating the cases which have been settled. Upon receipt thereof, a fresh order be passed by the concerned authority and the decision be communicated to the Petitioner. In case the Petitioner is

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 10/12/2025 at 13:53:22

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aggrieved by this order, he shall be entitled to take recourse to appropriate remedies, in accordance with law.

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Disposed of.

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SANJEEV NARULA, J

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DECEMBER 8, 2025 nk

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 10/12/2025 at 13:53:22

Sh Ravi Kumar Wadhwan @Nanhe v. State of Govt of NCT of Delhi through SHO

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