Police can open a rowdysheet only if a person has been involved in more than two offences
Hyderabad High Court
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court has ruled that the police can open a rowdysheet against a person only if he has been involved in more than two offences. While allowing five petitions, separately moved by aggrieved persons, Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar, relying upon the judgements of the SC and the AP HC in similar matters, held that two instances of involvement in criminal cases would not make a person a “habitual offender”.
The judge concurred with the findings in the case of Kamma Bapuji v. station house officers of Brahmasamundram in which a single judge had observed that rowdysheets could not be opened in a casual and mechanical manner and a person could not be dubbed a “habitual offender” merely because he was involved in two criminal cases.
The judge allowed the pleas of Kenebva Achari alias Sivachari of Anakapalle in Visakhapatnam, Thammareddi Krishna of Pamarru in Krishna, K. Suresh Babu of Anantapur, Habeen Ahmed Alkaf and another and Sadath Ali of Hyderabad and directed the district SPs and Hyderabad commissioner to close the rowdysheets being maintained in the name of the petitioners.
Case against Kancha stayed:
Justice A.V. Sesha Sai of the Hyderabad High Court on Wednesday stayed all further proceedings in a case pending against Professor Kancha Ilaiah of the Maulana Azad National Urdu University in Sultan Bazar police station of the city, including his arrest.
He submitted that the police had registered the case under Sections 153 (A) (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion etc.) and 295 (A) of IPC (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings) against him for allegedly hurting and insulting the Hindu religion through an article published in a vernacular daily. The judge admitted the plea and issued notices to the police seeking their stance on the plea.
Status quo on SEZ vacated:
A division Bench comprising acting Chief Justice Dilip B. Bhosale and Justice S.V. Bhatt of the Hyderabad HC on Wednesday vacated the status quo granted by a single judge with regard to the construction activity on the land allotted to Hero Motors in Madannapalem village near Sri City SEZ in Chittoor district.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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