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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 5564 of 2025 Court No. - 47 HON'BLE RAJEEV MISRA, J.
HON'BLE JAI KRISHNA UPADHYAY, J.
1. Heard Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Tiwari, advocate holding brief of Mr. S.K. Tiwari, the learned counsel for petitioner and the learned AGA representing state respondents 1, 2, 3 and 4. 2. Perused the record. 3. Petitioner Shravan Kumar has approached this court by means of present criminal miscellaneous writ petition with the following prayer:-
" I) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the history sheet (History Sheet No. 54A, Shravan Kumar, Police Station Thathiya, District Kannauj), opened against the petitioner."
4. At the very outset, learned AGA submits that in view of the law laid down by a Division Bench of this Court in the case of Aftab Alam vs. State of U.P. 2024 SCC Online All 553 wherein it has been observed that in case history sheet has been opened against a citizen, then remedy lies to him to approach the authority concerned by moving a representation, therefore, in view of above, according to learned AGA, the writ petition be disposed of with a direction to petitioner to approach the authority concerned by means of a representation in the light of law laid down by this court in aforesaid judgment. 5. When confronted with above, the learned counsel for petitioner could not overcome the same. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Santosh Kumar Tiwari Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Shravan Kumar .....Petitioner(s) The State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s)
6. Having heard the learned counsel for petitioner, the learned AGA representing state respondents 1 to 4 and considering the ratio laid down by this court in the case of Aftab Alam (supra), we are of the view that interest of justice shall be served in case petitioner is permitted to approach the authority concerned by means of a detailed representation along with a photocopy of aforesaid judgment. Accordingly, we dispose of this writ petition with the direction that in case petitioner approaches the authority concerned by filing a representation along with a photocopy of above mentioned judgment within a period of three weeks from today, then the same shall be considered and decided by authority concerned by a reasoned order within a period of two months thereafter. 7.
With the aforesaid directions, this writ petition shall stand finally disposed of. October 5, 2026 AKT CRLP No. 5564 of 2025 2 (Jai Krishna Upadhyay,J.) (Rajeev Misra,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad