Court No. - 40
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 34092 of 2018 Petitioner :- Devdutt Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Juned Alam Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Bala Krishna Narayana,J. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Singh,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.A. for the State.
This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner with a prayer to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned F.I.R. dated 02.11.2018 in Case Crime No. 530 of 2018 under Sections 353, 507, 504, 506, 386 I.P.C., P.S.- Nawabganj, District- Bareilly.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the impugned F.I.R. has been lodged by the Lekhpal, Tehsil Nawabganj against the petitioner who is a Gram Pradhan containing absolutely false and baseless allegations against the petitioner.
From the perusal of the F.I.R., it appears that on the basis of the allegations made therein, prima facie cognizable offence is made out. There is no ground for interference with the F.I.R. Therefore, the prayer for quashing the impugned F.I.R. is refused.
However, considering the nature of the allegations made in the F.I.R., the provisions of Section 157 Cr.P.C. and the view taken by the Apex Court in the case of Joginder Kumar Versus State of U.P.; 1994 Cr.L.J 1981, it is directed that the petitioner shall not be arrested in the abovementioned case, till the credible evidence is not collected by the Investigating Officer during investigation.
With the above directions, this petition is disposed of finally.
Order Date :- 27.11.2018 KS