The government authorities including the police said that the history sheet was opened in line with rule 703 of the Police Rules, 1960.
The Court, however, disagreed with the authorities’ stance.
“Having regard to five cases having been registered against the petitioner from the year 2009 to 2018, out of which four cases resulted into his acquittal and one of the case was concluded as not proved during investigation, the petitioner cannot be said to be addicted to certain patterns of crime or a habitual offender,” the Court said.
Source: Barandbench
