Court No. - 46
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 5100 of 2019 Petitioner :- Bhupendra And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shashi Dhar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Naheed Ara Moonis,J. Hon'ble Virendra Kumar Srivastava,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, the learned AGA for the respondents-State and perused the record.
The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioners invoking the extra ordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India with a prayer to quash the first information report dated 1.1.2019 bearing Case Crime No. 3 of 2019, under Sections 406 and 420 I.P.C., Police Station Sadar Bazar, district Agra.
It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners are unnecessarily being harassed by the police authorities. The first information report has been lodged by the respondent no. 3 with the allegations that the petitioners along with others have taken Rs. 3,000 to 10,000/- from the applicants who have applied for allotment of house under the "Pradhanmantri Avas Yojna" whereas no such payment is liable to be paid to any agency in lieu thereof. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the entire prosecution story is the outcome of personal grudge of the respondent no.
3. There is nothing on record to substantiate the allegation made against the petitioners rather it reflects the manoeuvring on the part of the respondent no. 3. Therefore, the first information report so lodged by the respondent no. 3 is liable to be quashed.
Per contra the learned A.G.A. contended that the allegations contained in the first information report cannot be nipped in the bud. There are sufficient material showing the complicity of the petitioners. The innocence of the petitioners cannot be adjudged at this stage.
From perusal of the F.I.R., prima facie cognizable offences is made out at this stage against the petitioners therefore, we do not find any cogent or convincing reason to quash the first information report. The prayer for quashing the first information report is refused.
However, in the facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions advanced on behalf of the petitioners, it is directed that the petitioners shall not be arrested in the aforesaid case till the submission of police report under Section 173 (2) Cr.P.C., subject to the restraint that the petitioners shall co-operate with the investigation and shall appear as and when called upon to assist in the investigation.
With the above direction, this petition is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 25.2.2019 Shahnawaz