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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 38048 of 2018 Petitioner :- Nazim And 7 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anjul Dwivedi,Sai Girdhar Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ramesh Sinha,J. Hon'ble Raj Beer Singh,J.
Heard Sri Devesh Kumar Shukla holding brief of Sri Sai Girdhar, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Pawan Shukla, 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 30.9.2018 registered as case crime no. 0359 of 2018, under section 3/4 D.P. Act, police station Jahanabad, District Pilibhit.
It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the marriage of the applicant no. 1 was proposed to be solemnized with the daughter of respondent no. 3 but the same could be done due to demand raised by the petitioners. He further submitted that the impugned FIR has been lodged by the respondent no. 3 roping in the entire family of petitioner no. 1 containing absolutely false, concocted, vague and sweeping allegations against them that they were demanding dowry. 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. 2 to 8, 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. 2 to 8 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. 1 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