Court No. - 40
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 34208 of 2018 Petitioner :- Smt. Gangawati And 2 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sharad Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Bala Krishna Narayana,J. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Singh,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.G.A. for the State.
This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners with a prayer to quash the impugned F.I.R. registered as Case Crime no. 736 of 2018, under Sections 498-A, 323, 354, 377, 506 I.P.C. and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, P.S. Barra, district-Kanpur Nagar.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the impugned first information report has been lodged by the respondent no.3 containing general allegations against the petitioners who are brother-in-law, sister-in- law and mother-in-law of respondent no.3. He further submitted that the specific allegation with regard to commission of offence u/s 377 IPC is against the husband, while the allegation regarding Section 354 IPC is against devar Dharmendra @ Pappu and the petitioners' role is clearly distinguishable from that of co-accused Dharmendra @ Pappu and husband Suraj Kumar Gupta. It is lastly submitted that apart from the bald allegations made in the impugned F.I.R. no evidence is forthcoming even prima facie indicating at the complicity of the petitioners in the commission of the alleged crime and hence the impugned F.I.R. is liable to be quashed.
Per contra, learned A.G.A. submitted that the impugned F.I.R. is not liable to be quashed on the basis of the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the petitioners.
From the perusal of the impugned F.I.R., it appears that on the basis of the allegations made therein prima-facie cognizable offence is made out. There is no scope of interfering in the F.I.R, therefore, the prayer for quashing the impugned F.I.R. is refused.
However, considering the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioners and the nature of the allegations made in the F.I.R., it is directed that till the submission of police report under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C., the petitioners shall not be arrested in the aforesaid case subject to their extending full cooperation during investigation.
With the aforesaid direction, this writ petition is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 28.11.2018 Shalini