Court No. - 40
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 33913 of 2018 Petitioner :- Kailash And 5 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ram Neta Singh 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 AGA for the State.
This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners with the prayer to quash the F.I.R. dated 02.09.2018 registered as Case Crime No.0294 of 2018, under Section 60/63 of Excise Act and Section 272, 420, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C., P.S.- Hathras Junction, District- Hathras.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that neither the petitioners were named in the F.I.r. nor any recover has been made from them. They have been arrayed as an accused in the instant case on the basis of the suspicion.
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 petitioners 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 Abhishek