Court No. - 51
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 11357 of 2019 Petitioner :- Neeraj Pandey Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sanjay Kumar,Nabab Singh Chauhan Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Vipin Sinha,J. Hon'ble Ifaqat Ali Khan,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Rajesh Mishra learned A. G. A. for the State.
This writ petition has been filed with the prayer to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned F. I. R. which has been registered as Case Crime No. 124 of 2019, under Sections 323, 308 IPC, P.S.- Meja, District- Prayagraj (Allahabad).
Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the impugned first information report has been lodged by complainant containing absolutely false and concocted allegations against the petitioner with the ulterior intention of harassing petitioner; apart from the bald allegations made in the impugned F. I. R., no evidence is forthcoming even prima facie indicating at the complicity of the petitioner in the commission of alleged offence and hence the impugned F. I. R. which is a bundle of lies and motivated by malice, is liable to be quashed.
Reference may be made to the judgment of the Apex Court rendered in the case of R. Kalyani v. Janak C. Mehta and Others reported in 2009 (1) SCC 516. The said decision has also been followed by the Apex Court in the case of Kamlesh Kumari and Ors. v. State of U.P. and Ors. reported in 2015 AIR SCW 3700.
After hearing learned counsel for the parties and after perusing the impugned FIR and keeping in view the law as laid down by the Apex Court in the aforementioned cases, the Court is of the opinion that no case for grant of any indulgence is made out.
However, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, it is directed that in case the petitioner appears and surrenders before the courts below and applies for bail within three weeks from today, his prayer for bail shall be considered and decided expeditiously.
With the aforesaid direction, the instant writ petition is disposed of finally.
Order Date :- 30.4.2019 SKS