Sanivarapu Koti Reddy, v. The State of Andhra Pradesh

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.V.SESHA SAI WRIT PETITION No.24325 of 2015

ORDER :

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Home, apart from perusing the entire material available on record.

This Writ Petition challenges the action of the respondents, in opening and continuing rowdy sheet No.90, dated 18.04.2007, on the file of the Station House Officer, Thallur Police Station, Prakasam District-5^th respondent herein, against the petitioner herein.

According to the learned counsel for the petitioner the impugned action is highly illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India. It is the further submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the impugned action is also opposed to the very spirit and object of the Police Standing Orders, 601 and that there is no conviction so far against the petitioner herein and the very continuation of the rowdy sheet is impermissible under the Police Standing Orders, 601.

On the other hand, it is submitted by the learned Government Pleader, reiterating the contents of the counteraffidavit, deposed by the Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Darsi Sub-Division, Prakasam District, that, in view of the involvement of the petitioner in various crimes, it has become incumbent on the part of the respondent-police authorities to

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