Court No. - 47
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 12226 of 2021 Petitioner :- Mohan Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Manish Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.G.A.
This writ petition has been filed with the prayer to quash the First Information Report dated 26.07.2021 registered as Case Crime no.0102 of 2021 under Section 3(1) of U.P. Gangster Act and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, P.S. Kachhwa, District Mirzapur. Further prayer has been made not to arrest the petitioner in the aforesaid case.
Learned counsel for the petitioner vehemently contended that only on the basis of solitary case, the proceeding under Section 3(1) of U.P. Gangster Act has been drawn, which is liable to be set aside.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for quashing the FIR, which discloses congnizable offence. He further submits that chargesheet has already been forwarded to the competent court.
Perusal of the impugned first information report prima facie reveals commission of cognizable offence. Therefore, in view of the law laid down by Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of State of Haryana and others vs. Bhajan Lal and others, 1992 Supp. (1) SCC 335 and M/s Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. vs. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2021 SC 1918.
As has been propounded by Division Bench in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 4622 of 2019 (Somvir Vs. State of U.P. and 2 others) as well as in many judgments by this Court that even a single case, if fulfills the category of offences given under Section 2(b) (i) to (xv) of Act and is being committed by gang defined under Section 2 (b) or gangster defined under Section 2 (c) of the Act may be basis for registration of case crime number for offence punishable under Section 2/3 of Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986. Therefore, the contention of petitioner that based on solitary case, the imposition of Section 3(1) of U.P. Gangster Act is not leviable, would have no bearing.
In view of the aforesaid dictum, even on the basis of solitary case, the provisions of Uttar Pradesh Gangster and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act 1986 can be imposed.
In the facts and circumstances of the case, no case has been made out for interference with the impugned first information report.
Consequently, the writ petition is dismissed. Order Date :- 17.12.2021 A. Pandey