Court No. - 1
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 24541 of 2018
Petitioner :- Ajay Gupta
Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ranjeet Asthana Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ramesh Sinha,J. Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh-I,J.
Heard Sri Ranjeet Asthana, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Gaurav Pratap Singh, learned brief holder for the State and perused the impugned F.I.R. as well as material brought on record.
The relief sought in this petition is for quashing of the F.I.R. dated 01.08.2018 registered as Case Crime No. 0223 of 2018, under Sections 8 and 20 N.D.P.S. Act, Police Station-Jiyanpur, District Azamgarh.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that only on account of political rivalry the present FIR has been lodged against the petitioner.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for quashing of the F.I.R. which discloses cognizable offence.
The Full Bench of this Court in Ajit Singh @ Muraha v. State of U.P. (2006 (56) ACC 433) reiterated the view taken by the earlier Full Bench in Satya Pal v. State of U.P. (2000 Cr.L.J. 569) after considering the various decisions including State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal (AIR 1992 SC 604) that there can be no interference with the investigation or order staying arrest unless cognizable offence is not ex-facie discernible from the allegations contained in the F.I.R. or there is any statutory restriction operating on the power of the Police to investigate a case.
From the perusal of the FIR, prima facie it cannot be said that no cognizable offence is made out. Hence no ground exists for quashing of the F.I.R. or staying the arrest of the petitioner.
The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed.
(Dinesh Kumar Singh-I, J.) (Ramesh Sinha, J.)
Order Date :- 5.9.2018 VKG