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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 38031 of 2018 Petitioner :- Narendra Singh And 3 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anil Kumar Singh,Sanjeev Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Arun K. Singh Deshwal
Hon'ble Ramesh Sinha,J. Hon'ble Raj Beer Singh,J.
Heard Sri Anil Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Arun K. Singh Deshwal, learned counsel for the caveator as well as Sri J.P. Tripathi, learned A.G.A. for the State and impugned F.I.R. as well as material brought on record.
This petition has been filed by the petitioner with a prayer to quash the F.I.R. dated 22.11.2018 registered as case crime no. 1223 of 2018, under sections 420, 467, 468, 471. 323, 504, 506 I.P.C., police station Civil Lines, District Muradabad.
It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the impugned FIR has been lodged by the respondent no.3 roping in the entire family of petitioner no. 3 containing absolutely false, concocted, vague and sweeping allegations against them that they were demanding dowry from him and her daughter and on account of non fulfilment of the alleged demands of dowry daughter of respondent no. 3 was being tortured and maltreated by them in her matrimonial home. It has next been submitted that apart from the bald allegations made in the FIR no credible evidence whatsoever is forthcoming even prima facie indicating at the petitioners' complicity in the commission of the alleged offence qua the petitioner nos. 1, 2 and 4, hence the impugned FIR is liable to be quashed.
Per contra learned AGA for the State submitted that the impugned FIR is not liable to be quashed on the basis of the submissions advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioners.
After having heard learned counsel for the parties present and perused the impugned FIR as well as the other material brought on record, we dispose of this writ petition with the following directions:
(i) Investigation of the aforesaid case shall go on but the petitioner nos. 1, 2 and 4 shall not be arrested in the aforesaid case till the submission of police report under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C., subject to their cooperation during investigation.
(ii) As far as the petitioner no. 3 is concerned, the petition stand dismissed.
With this direction, this petition is finally disposed of.
(Raj Beer Singh,J) (Ramesh Sinha,J.) Order Date :- 21.12.2018 Manoj