Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:131015-DB Court No. - 45 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 16931 of 2025 Petitioner :- Bhanu Pratap Pandey Respondent :- State Of Up And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Hari Narayan Singh Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Salil Kumar Rai,J. Hon'ble Sandeep Jain,J. 1. Heard the counsel for the the petitioners and the A.G.A. for the State. 2. The present petition has been filed praying for following relief: "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus for commanding and directing the respondent no.2 to remove the criminal cases from CCTNS record/Register No.8 against the petitioner. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus for commanding and directing the respondent no.2 to decide the representation of petitioner dated 15.07.2025 within stipulated time in accordance with law." 3. It has been stated in the petition that the petitioner has either been acquitted in all criminal cases registered against him or final report have been filed in the aforesaid case, which have been accepted. It has further been stated by counsel for the petitioner that even though the petitioner has been acquitted in all criminal cases, the records are still being retained by the concerned police department and on asking by any authorities, the details are supplied by the police department to the concerned authorities. In the light of the aforesaid present petition has been filed for reliefs as prayed. 4. There is no statutory obligation on the respondents to destroy the criminal records of the petitioner or to remove the details of all the criminal cases from the police records/register. The petitioner has also no such right. The only right of the petitioner is not to be treated as history sheeter, in case, he has been acquitted in all criminal cases. 5. In view of the aforesaid, we are not inclined to allow the relief prayed by the petitioner. 6. After arguments and after the Court disclosed it's intention to dismiss the petition, the counsel for the petitioner prayed that the petition be dismissed as withdrawn. 7. The petition is dismissed as withdrawn. Order Date :- 5.8.2025 Jitendra Digitally signed by :- JITENDRA KUMAR PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad