IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 29TH DAY OF MARCH 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE WRIT PETITION NO.42944 OF 2017 (GM-POLICE) BETWEEN:
MUDASSIR AHMED @ AHMED S/O LATE ABDUL RASHEED RESIDING AT NO.65/2B, 10TH CROSS, RAJENDRA NAGAR NARASIMHA RAJA MOHALLA MYSURU CITY-570 007 … PETITIONER (BY SRI.A.S.KULKARNI, ADV.) AND:
1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECREARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME VIDHANA SOUDHA BANGALORE-560 001 2. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE MYSURU CITY-570010 3. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE NARASIMHARAJU SUB DIVISION MYSURU CITY-570007 4. THE POLICE INSPECTOR NARASIMHARAJA POLICE STATION, MYSURU CITY-570007 … RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.VIJAY KUMAR A PATIL, ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO DIRECT RESPONDENTS TO REMOVE THE NAME OF THE PETITIONER FROM THE REGISTER OF ROWDIES MAINTAINED BY THE NARASIMHARAJA POLICE STATION, MYSURU AND ETC.
THIS PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN ‘B’ GROUP THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:-
ORDER Sri.A.S.Kulkarni, learned counsel for the petitioner.
Sri.Vijay Kumar A.Patil, learned Additional Government Advocate for the respondents.
2. The petition is admitted for hearing. With consent of the learned counsel for the parties, the same is heard finally.
3. In this petition, the petitioner inter alia seeks for a direction to the respondents to remove the name of the petitioner from the register of rowdies maintained by the Narasimharaja Police Station, Mysuru.
4. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and in view of the facts of the case, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the petition with liberty to the petitioner to make a representation with regard to his grievance to the competent authority. Needless to state that if such a representation is made, the competent authority shall decide the same within four months from the date of receipt of such representation by a speaking order in accordance with law. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits.
Sd/- JUDGE RV