JUDGEMENT
Ramesh Sinha, J. -
(1.) This writ petition has been filed with a prayer to quash the impugned order dated 8.6.2016 passed by respondent No.4 and delete the name of the petitioner from Register No.8 of the history sheet, Police Station Kachhwan, District Mirzapur.
(2.) Heard Sri P.K. Upadhyay, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Imran Sayeed, learned A.G.A for the State and perused the record.
(3.) Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that three criminal cases were registered against the petitioner due to dispute of his father with one Ram Avlamb Upadhyay while they were living in village Alauddinpur, with regard to some agricultural land in Newasa. Due to said dispute two cases i.e Case Crime No.332 of 1997, registered under sections 302 I.P.C and Case Crime No.333 of 1997, under section 352,504 and 506 I.P.C were registered against him. The petitioner was also challaned in the year 1998 under section 3(1) U.P. Gangsters and Prevention of Anti social Activities Act, Police Rohaniya, District Varanasi on the basis of the said two cases. In all the three cases including the cases registered under the Gangsters Act the petitioner has been acquitted from the competent court. He submitted that in spite of the fact that he was acquitted in the aforesaid three criminal cases, the name of the petitioner was entered in the Register No.8 which is meant for keeping surveillance over people whose name find place in Register at police station Lohta and police station Kachhwan, District Mirzapur against which the petitioner moved two representations dated 20.7.2016 and dated 16.8.2016 to respondent Nos.4 and 5. for deleting his name from Register No.8 of police station Lohta, District Varanasi and police station Kachhwan, District Mirzapur. When the said representations were not decided by the competent authority, the petitioner preferred Civil Misc. Writ Petition No.548 of 2011 before this Court in which an order was passed by this Court on 24.11.2015 directing the respondent Nos.4 and 5 to consider and decide the representations of the petitioner. In spite of the said order, the said representations were not decided by the authority concerned. Hence, the petitioner filed Contempt Application (Civil) No.7839 of 2015 before this Court which was disposed of on 5.1.2016 directing the authority concerned to decide the representation of the petitioner. In pursuance of which the S.S.P. Varanasi vide his order dated 25.2.2016 has stated that the name of the petitioner has not been entered into registered No.8 for surveillance at present nor the police have surveillance over the petitioner. It was further stated that the name of the petitioner has been entered in the Register No.8 of Police station Kachhawa, District Mirzapur. In pursuance of the order dated 25.2.2016 the petitioner approached S.P. Mirzapur by moving application dated 18.-3.2016 serving the copy of the order dated 25.22016 passed by the S.S.P. Varanasi on which S.P. Mirzapur-respondent No.4 passed the impugned order dated 8.6.2016 rejecting the application of the petitioner observing that the name of the petitioner has been entered into Register No.8 as H.S No. 31-A with the police station Kachhawa, District Mirzapur and the petitioner is residing at his house and as such the surveillance of the petitioner is necessary. It has been argued that the impugned order dated 8.6.2016 passed by S.P. Mirzapur is not in consonance with Regulation 228 of U.P. Police Regulation as no reason has been given for entering the name of the petitioner in the Register No.8 keeping for surveillance of history sheet, police station Kachhwa, district Varanasi, hence the impugned order dated 8.6.2016 is liable to be quashed. In support of his contention he has placed reliance on the judgement in the case of Krishana Chandra Singh v. State of U.P. and others, reported in 2015(11) ADJ 219 (DB).;
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