Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:38752-DB Court No. - 42 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 11020 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ashok Kumar Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ajeet Kumar Singh,Raghawendra Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned AGA for the State- respondents. 2. In pith and substance, the petitioner is praying to close the History Sheet No. 28- A Police Sation- Bansdih, District Ballia, opened and existing against the petitioner since long period 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed reliance upon the judgment dated 28.07.2022 passed in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No.14159 of 2019 (Mohd. Nafees Khan vs. State of U.P. and others) and states that a direction be issued to the Commissioner of Police to decide the application of the petitioner in accordance with law. He submits that the petitioner has been acquitted in all previous criminal cases, and there have been no criminal antecedents for more than ten years. In spite of repeated orders, till date, the State-respondents have not filed any response. 4. Learned AGA on the other hand states that in case any such application is moved and the same is in consonance with law, definitely the competent authority shall pass appropriate orders on the same strictly in accordance with law. 5. Considering the factual situation, we are not inclined to keep the matter pending for consideration. With the consent of the parties, the writ petition stands disposed of with a direction that in case the petitioner moves a fresh application/ representation, the same shall be decided in light of the judgment passed in Mohd. Nafees Khan (supra), expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. Order Date :- 18.3.2025 NLY (Prashant Kumar,J.) (Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.) Digitally signed by :- NAND LAL YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad