Hon'ble Yogendra Kumar Sangal,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Government Advocate.
Under challenge in the instant writ petition is FIR relating to Case Crime No. 15 of 2010 under Sections 384, 504 and 506 IPC, police station Kotwali City, District Sultanpur.
We have gone through the FIR .
It is argued by the learned counsel for the petitioner that since the petitioner being a Journalist had published certain articles in the newspaper against the local police at Sultanpur, this FIR is an outcome of the same. It is further argued that if the petitioner had published false publication in the newspaper, it was open to the complainant to file a complaint against the petitioner, but instead of doing so, the impugned FIR has been lodged. There seems some substance in the arguments advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioner.
Accordingly, we dispose of the writ petition with a direction that the petitioner shall not be arrested in the aforesaid case crime number unless and until cogent and reliable evidence comes forward against him, which turns in the shape of report under Section 169/173 Cr.P.C., provided he cooperates with the investigation, which shall go on.
Order Date :- 11.1.2010 Chauhan/-