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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 13907 of 2018 Petitioner :- Ashok Gupta Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Swetashwa Agarwal Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ramesh Sinha,J. Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh-I,J.
Heard Sri Swetashwa Agarwal, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Vikas Sahai, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the impugned F.I.R. as well as material brought on record.
This petition has been filed by the petitioner with a prayer to quash the F.I.R. dated 13.9.2017 registered as case crime no. 241 of 2017 under sections 420, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C., police station Kotwali, District Kanpur Nagar.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the impugned F.I.R. has been challenged by co-accused persons before this Court in Crl. Misc. Writ Petition No. 13833 of 2018 in which interim protection was granted to them today, hence the petitioner is also entitled for the same relief.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for quashing but could not dispute the aforesaid fact as argued by learned counsel for the petitioner.
Considering the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties and nature of the allegations, it is directed that the petitioner shall not be arrested in above mentioned case, till the submission of the police report under section 173(2) Cr.P.C. but he shall co-operate with the investigation of the case.
With the above direction this petition is finally disposed of.
(Dinesh Kumar Singh-I, J.) (Ramesh Sinha, J.) Order Date :- 28.5.2018 Shiraz