G.Manikandan v. Home Secretary
Case brief
What is this about?
The petitioner, a law graduate, sought deletion of his name from a Rowdy History Sheet based on a single FIR. The Court held that absent habitual offending, the police must remove the name from the sheet and expedite the pending investigation.
What did the court decide?
Direction issued to the respondent police to remove the petitioner's name from the Rowdy History Sheet bearing No.HS/104/2020.