deal with the Station Crime history. Standing Orders 733 to 741 and Standing Order 749 deal with History sheets. Standing Order 742 deals with rowdy ... police surveillance, police often restrict the movements of the History sheeters (persons against whom History sheets/Rowdy sheets are opened). They are called
potential offenders, may be necessary and so the maintenance
of history sheet and surveillance a register may be
necessary too, for the purpose of prevention ... crime.
History sheets and surveillance registers have to be and are
confidential documents. Neither the persons whose name is
entered in the register
commission of serious breaches of the peace. Part V consists of History sheets of persons residing permanently or temporarily in the station limits ... noticed that rowdy sheets in Form 88 are different from the History sheets maintained in Form 87 of the A.P. Police Standing Orders
fault
of the history-sheeter;
➢ After the Court has acquitted the history-sheeter.
In each of the cases, a history sheet once opened is kept ... assessment as if a person has been a history sheeter continuously since the
date the history sheet was opened.
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According to him, the orders of his surveillance and opening of history sheet against him by the Delhi Police pursuant to the provisions ... habitual offender yet orders had been passed to open his history sheet under Rule 23.9 of the Punjab Police Rules and further to keep
involve himself in any activity warranting the respondents to open History Sheet. One stray case of alleged involvement in an offence cannot be a ground ... provisions in the Police Standing Orders relating to opening of History Sheet against a person and they are extracted as follows:-
"PSO 746. Part
petitioner by virtue of the
present petition seeks quashing of the history sheet
opened with respect to the petitioner and for a
direction ... respondent to destroy the history
sheet and from restraining the respondent from taking
finger prints, photograph etc. which have to be kept
in the police
register and for a direction to the respondent to destroy his history sheet which has been kept in their records.
2. The facts leading ... must be convicted in order to enter his name in the history sheet. The petitioner during the year 1997 was found involved in 5 criminal
they require the same for further investigation and also to maintain history sheet.
4. Aggrieved by the acts of respondents, the petitioners have preferred these ... instructions that have been given in the Police Manual regarding maintaining history-sheet are not sanctioned by Identification of Prisoners Act of 1920; (3) Before
Clause 259 of
Chapter-III provides for preparation of rowdy history sheet.
Chapter-III relates to Records of Crimes and Criminals and
Surveillance ... investigating and Station House Officers. Station Crime
History Part-VI (Rowdy History Sheet) is provided under
Clause 259. Clause 259 reads thus
