Court No. - 4
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 20128 of 2018 Petitioner :- Bachcha Gupta Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pradeep Kumar Singh,Ashish Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Bala Krishna Narayana,J. Hon'ble Ravindra Nath Kakkar,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.A. for the State.
This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned FIR dated 05.07.2018 registered as Case Crime No. 648 of 2018, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 504, 506 IPC and section 3(1)Dha SC/ST Act, P.S. Cantt. District Varanasi.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that upon perusal of the impugned FIR it transpires that the dispute between the parties is purely civil in nature. Moreover the petitioner is only marginal witness of the alleged sale deed. He next submitted that apart from the bald allegations made in the impugned FIR no credible evidence whatsoever is coming forth even prima facie indicating at the petitioners complicity in the commission of the alleged crime and for the aforesaid reason the impugned FIR is liable to be quashed.
Per contra learned A.G.A. submitted that from the perusal of the impugned FIR and on the basis of the allegation made therein, it cannot be said that no cognizable offence is disclosed against the petitioner.
After having heard learned counsel for the parties present and perused the impugned FIR, we are not inclined to quash the same.
However, considering the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, we direct that investigation of the aforesaid case shall go on but the petitioner shall not be arrested till the submission of police report under section 173(2) Cr.P.C. subject to his extending full co-operation during investigation.
With the aforesaid direction, this petition is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 27.7.2018 RPD