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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 18037 of 2019 Petitioner :- Gulfam And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajeev Kumar Singh Parmar Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ramesh Sinha,J. Hon'ble Raj Beer Singh,J.
Heard Sri Rajeev Kumar Singh Parmar, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri A.R. Chaurasia, learned AGA for the State and perused the impugned F.I.R. as well as material brought on record.
Learned A.G.A. has accepted notice on behalf of the opposite party nos. 1 and 2.
Issue notice to the opposite party no. 3 and 4.
Each of the respondent is granted four weeks time to file counter affidavit.
Rejoinder affidavit, if any, may also be filed within two weeks thereafter.
List after six weeks.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that as per FIR, respondent no. 4 is a major girl aged about 19 years and petitioner no.1 is also a major boy and they have also solemnized their marriage according to Muslim rites on 15.06.2019. He further contended that once they are major and they have voluntarily married, then to conceive in view of the judgment of Apex Court rendered in Criminal Appeal No. 1142 of 2013 - Sachin Pawar Vs. State of U.P., decided on 02.08.2013, that, offence has been committed under Sections 363, 366 I.P.C., cannot be approved of.
Prima facie arguments advanced appear to have some substance and require consideration by this court as such pursuant to impugned F.I.R. dated 07.06.2019, registered as Case Crime No. 0221 of 2019, u/s 366 IPC, police station Didauli, District Amroha (Jyotiba P Nagar) no coercive action be taken against the petitioners.
It is made clear that if the petitioners do not take steps to serve notice to respondent no. 3 and 4 within two weeks' from today, the interim protection granted above shall automatically vacated and this petition shall stand dismissed without further reference to any other Bench of this Court.
(Raj Beer Singh, J.) (Ramesh Sinha, J.) Order Date :- 30.7.2019 A. Tripathi