Hon'ble Rajeev Singh,J.
The matter has been convened by the Court through Video Conferencing.
Heard Sri Ram Jeet Dubey, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned AGA for the State/respondents no. 1 and 2 and perused the First Information Report and the material on record.
The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner, namely, Basudev Goswami, seeking to quash the First Information Report No. 0451 of 2020, under Sections 420, 406, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C., police station Kotwali Nagar, District Ayodhya.
Learned counsel for the petitioner argued that the petitioner's son is the employee of the Company. The petitioner has invested retiral benefits in the Company. He has also moved an application under Section 156 (3) Cr.P.C. against the Company in question, which has been allowed by the competent Court. He submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the impugned F.I.R. just to harass him hence the impugned F.I.R. be quashed.
Learned AGA opposed the prayer for quashing of the First Information Report and argued that from the perusal of the First Information Report, a cognizable offence is made out against the petitioners as the petitioners along with his son and other co-accused persons have cheated the investors of their amount to the tune of Rs.2179000/-, therefore, the present writ petition be dismissed.
The Full Bench of this Court in Ajit Singh @ Muraha Vs. State of U.P. and others : (2006) 56 ACC 433 reiterated the view taken by the earlier Full Bench in Satya Pal Vs. State of U.P. and others : 2000 Cr.L.J. 569 after considering the various decisions including State of Haryana Vs. Bhajan Lal and others : 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.
Further the Apex Court in the case of State of Telangana v. Habib Abdullah Jellani : (2017) 2 SCC 779 has disapproved an order restraining the Investigating Agencies arresting the accused where prayer of quashing the First Information Report has been refused.
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 petitioners.
Accordingly, this writ petition fails and is dismissed.
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(Rajeev Singh, J.) (Ramesh Sinha, J.) Order Date :- 8.4.2021/Ajit/-