Court No. - 46
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 17217 of 2019 Petitioner :- Naresh Pandit @ Naresh Sharma And 2 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Satyam Narayan Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Naheed Ara Moonis,J. Hon'ble Jayant Banerji,J.
Certified copy of the FIR filed today is taken on record.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned A.G.A. for the State.
By means of the present writ petition, the petitioners have invoked extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court with a prayer to quash the FIR dated 15.6.2019 registered as Case Crime No.0255 of 2019, under Sections 147, 452, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C. P.S. Sadar Bazar, District Meerut.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioner no.2 has already been arrested as such the petition filed on his behalf may be rendered nugatory.
It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners are being unnecessarily harassed on the basis of false allegations made against them while prima facie no cognizable offence is made out pursuant to the FIR lodged by the respondent no.3. Hence the FIR deserves to be quashed.
Per contra learned A.G.A contended that the allegations made in the first information report cannot be aborted at this stage. The petitioners will have sufficient opportunity to rebut the allegations.
From the perusal of the FIR, prima facie it cannot be said that no cognizable offence is made out against the petitioners. The petitioners are involved in the serious offences hence no ground exists for quashing of the F.I.R. or staying the arrest of the petitioners. The prayer for quashing the FIR is refused.
The petition is accordingly dismissed.
However, it is provided that if the petitioners appear or surrender before the Court concerned within thirty days from today and applies for bail in the aforesaid case, their prayer for bail shall be considered by the court below expeditiously in accordance with law.
Order Date :- 25.6.2019 Jyotsana