Court No. - 4
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 30538 of 2018 Petitioner :- Govardhan Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Kailash Prakash Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Bala Krishna Narayana,J. Hon'ble Ravindra Nath Kakkar,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned AGA for the State and Sri S.P.S. Chauhan for respondent no.4.
This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner with the prayer to quash the F.I.R. dated 7.10.2018 registered as Case Crime No.0634 of 2018, under Sections 409, 420 IPC, P.S.- Khair Aligarh, District- Aligarh.
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 :- 27.10.2018 Shalini