How to turn off screen of android phone programmatically?

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How to turn off screen of android phone programmatically? I tried using following code with no luck 

PowerManager mPowerManager = (PowerManager) getSystemService(POWER_SERVICE);
mWakeLock = mPowerManager.newWakeLock(PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK, "MYTAG");

mWakeLock.acquire();

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