MOHD. ARSHAD v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND 2 OTHERS
/7192/2025 · 2025-08-13
Rajesh Singh Chauhan, S Q H Rizvi
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:47277-DB Court No. - 9 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 7192 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mohd. Arshad Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Mohd. Suhail,Ali Hasan,Ali Sheikh Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. Hon'ble Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J.
1. Heard Mohd. Suhail, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Rishikesh Verma, learned AGA for the State and perused the record.
2. By means of this petition, petitioner has prayed for following relief:-
"Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing to the opposite party No.2 & 3 to remove/delete/erase the petitioner's name from all criminal history records as he has been acquitted in all cases when he was accused."
3. Attention has been drawn towards the Annexure-3 showing the representation dated 10.01.2025 given to Station House Officer, Police Station Kotwali, District Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh and representation dated 01.02.2025 to Senior Superintendent of Police, Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has stated that the Senior Superintendent of Police, Ayodhya should have taken appropriate decision on the aforesaid application of the petitioner but no such decision has been taken till date. Therefore, he has requested that the direction may be issued to Senior Superintendent of Police, Ayodhya to dispose of the aforesaid representations of the petitioner with expedition.
5. Therefore, without entering into the merits of the issue, we hereby dispose of this petition finally at the admission stage giving liberty to the petitioner to prefer a fresh presentation to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Ayodhya enclosing therewith the copy of earlier representation, taking all pleas and ground which are available to him, within a period of one week from today and if such representation is preferred by the petitioner, the same may be heard and disposed of with
expedition, preferably within a period of three weeks, and decision thereof shall be intimated to the petitioner forthwith.
6. The writ petition is disposed of finally. Order Date :- 13.8.2025 Reena/- (Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J.) (Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.) Digitally signed by :- REENA KANNAUJIYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench