Court No. - 46
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 25544 of 2019 Petitioner :- Jagdeep Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Satyam Narayan Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Santosh Kukmar Tiwari
Hon'ble Naheed Ara Moonis,J. Hon'ble Narendra Kumar Johari,J.
Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Santosh Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel for the complainant as well as learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.
By means of the present writ petition, the petitioner has invoked extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court with a prayer to quash the F.I.R. dated 25.11.2019 in Case Crime No.769 of 2019, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B, 504 and 506 I.P.C., Police Station-Hapur Nagar, District- Hapur.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the impugned first information report has been lodged by respondent No.3 containing absolutely false and concocted allegations against the petitioner with the ulterior intention of harassing him. He further 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 petitioner 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. contended that the allegations made in the first information report cannot be aborted at this stage. The petitioner will have sufficient opportunity to rebut the allegations.
From perusal of the F.I.R., prima facie cognizable offences is made out at this stage against the petitioner, therefore, we do not find any cogent 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 petitioner, it is directed that the petitioner 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 he 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 :- 16.12.2019 SK Goswami