Court No. - 41
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 7872 of 2018 Petitioner :- Lalit Poply And 2 Ors.
Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Ors.
Counsel for Petitioner :- Ajal Krishna,Deepti Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Rajesh Dayal Khare,J. Hon'ble Rajiv Gupta,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.G.A. for the State.
This writ petition has been filed with a prayer to stay the arrest of the petitioners in pursuance of the impugned FIR dated 17.03.2018 in Case Crime No. 109 of 2018, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 427, 471, 120-B IPC, Police Station Sadar Bazar, District Saharanpur.
It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioners that the respondent no.4 has lodged an FIR against the petitioners.
It is next contended by learned counsel for the petitioners that the dispute, if any, between the petitioners and Saharanpur Development Authority is entirely civil in nature and the criminal proceedings against the petitioners have been initiated just to exert the pressure.
He has further submitted that apart from the bald allegations made in the F.I.R., which is a bundle of lies and product of malice, no credible evidence is forthcoming, even prima facie, indicating that any such incident had taken place, hence, the impugned F.I.R. is liable to be quashed.
Per contra, learned A.G.A. has submitted that from the perusal of the impugned F.I.R., it cannot be said that no cognizable offence is made out, hence, the impugned F.I.R. is not liable to be quashed.
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, hence, there is no scope for interfering with the impugned F.I.R. Therefore, the prayer for quashing the impugned F.I.R. is refused.
However, considering the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the petitioners and nature of allegations made in the F.I.R., it is directed that the petitioners shall not be arrested in the aforementioned case till submission of police report under Section 173(2) CrPC or till credible evidence is collected, whichever is earlier.
With the aforesaid directions, this writ petition is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 30.3.2018 Nadim