Court No. - 51
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 28094 of 2017 Petitioner :- Anshul Gupta Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Ors.
Counsel for Petitioner :- Pankaj Sharma,Prashant Sharma Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Vipin Sinha,J. Hon'ble Mahboob Ali,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner(s) and learned A.G.A. for the State.
The Court has been informed that the matter was referred to the mediation centre on 18.12.2017, however, as per the report of the Incharge of the Mediation Centre, no agreement has been arrived at between the parties and the proceeding before the mediation centre has failed.
In view of the aforesaid, the Court proceeds to hear the matter on merits with the consent of learned counsel for the parties.
This writ petition has been filed with the prayer to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned F. I. R. which has been registered as Case Crime No. 0476/2017, under Sections- 498A, 323, 504, 506, 420 IPC & 13 of Domestic Violence Act, P.S.- Reninery district- Mathura.
Learned counsel for the petitioner(s) submitted that the impugned first information report has been lodged by the complainant-respondent containing absolutely false and concocted allegations against the petitioner(s) with the ulterior intention of harassing the petitioners; entire family members have been implicated in the present case on the basis of general allegations; apart from the bald allegations made in the impugned F.I.R., no evidence is forthcoming even prima facie indicating at the complicity of the petitioner(s) in the commission of alleged offence and hence the impugned F.I.R. which is a bundle of lies and motivated by malice, is liable to be quashed.
Per contra, learned A.G.A. has submitted that from the perusal of the allegations made in the impugned F. I. R., it cannot be said that no cognizable offence is made out, hence the impugned F.I.R. is not liable to be quashed.
Having heard the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties and perused the impugned first information as well as the other material brought on record, we are not inclined to quash the impugned F.I.R.
However, considering the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties and also in view of the law laid down by the Apex Court in the cases of B.S. Joshi v. State of Haryana; 2003(4) SCC 675 and Rajesh Sharma and others v. State of U.P. and others decided on 27.7.2017 passed in Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.2013 of 2017, we dispose of this writ petition with the direction that the petitioner(s) shall not be arrested in the aforementioned case till submission of police report under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C. However, petitioner(s) shall participate and co-operate with the investigation and the police authorities are directed to conclude the investigation as early as possible within a period of three months from today.
With the aforesaid observations, the instant writ petition is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 30.4.2018/Anand