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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 20457 of 2018 Petitioner :- Ashutosh Srivastava Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anjali Singh,K.K. Singh Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Maimoona Fatima
Hon'ble Ramesh Sinha,J. Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh-I,J.
Heard Sri K.K. Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, Ms. Maimoona Fatima, learned cousel for the caveator, 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 11.05.2018 registered as case crime no.0123 of 2018 u/ss. 379, 411, 384, 195, 196, 166, 120B IPC, PS. Shahganj Kotwali, District Jaunpur.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and the present FIR has been lodged with malafide intention for the purposes of harassment, hence the same is liable to be quashed.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for quashing.
Considering the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties and the nature of allegations, it is directed that the petitioner shall not be arrested in the above mentioned case till submission of 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 :- 30.7.2018 Madhurima