Court No. - 43
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 1981 of 2019 Petitioner :- Nadeem Quraishi Alias Nadeem Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rizwan Ullah Siddiqui Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Pankaj Naqvi,J. Hon'ble Umesh Kumar,J.
Heard Sri Rizwan Ullah Siddiqui, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned AGA for the State.
Petitioner has approached this Court with a request to quash the FIR dated 16.1.2019 registered as Case Crime No. 0042 of 2019, under Section 3/5/8 of U.P. Cow Slaughter Act, registered at P.S. Kotwali Mandi, District Saharanpur.
This Court has the occasion to peruse the FIR and the FIR in question does discloses a cognizable offence, in view of this, there is no occasion for this Court to quash the FIR, as has been prayed on behalf of petitioner, as such, prayer made on the said score is refused by this Court.
Learned counsel for the petitioner next contended that the offence in question as has been alleged to have been committed by the petitioner is under Section 3/5/8 of U.P. Cow Slaughter Act and the said offence even if the charges are found to be proved sentence of more than 7 years can not be awarded and, in view of this, mechanically arrest should not be effectuated by the police personnel.
The fact of the matter is that till date arrest has not been effectuated and this is mere apprehension of the petitioners that they would be arrested in breach of provisions as contained under Section 41 (1) (b) read with Section 41-A of the Cr.P.C. Once there is statutory provision provided for then it is always expected that the said provisions would be adhered to and in case there is any violation of the same, complaint can also be made before the Magistrate concerned to remedy the situation.
In view of the above, it is hereby directed that in case arrest of petitioners is to be effectuated and the offence, in which they are wanted, will not entail sentence of more than 7 years then in that event concerned police personnel should deal with the matter in compliance of the provisions as contained under Section 41 (1) (b) read with Section 41-A of the Cr.P.C.
It is further provided that if the investigation in this matter has been completed and police report under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C. has been filed, the petitioners shall not be entitled to any benefit of this order.
With the above directions, this petition is disposed of finally.
Order Date :- 29.1.2019 N.S.Rathour