Court No. - 40
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 36934 of 2018 Petitioner :- Pankaj Kumar And 4 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sudhir Kumar,Jitendra Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Bala Krishna Narayana,J. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Singh,J.
Learned counsel for the petitioners is permitted to correct the prayer clause of the writ petition.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.G.A for the State.
This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners with a prayer to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned F.I.R. dated 5.12.2018 registered as Case Crime No.594 of 2018 under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 328 I.P.C. and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, P.S.- Bhawanpur, District- Meerut.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the impugned first information report has been lodged by the respondent no.5 containing absolutely false and concocted allegations against the petitioners with the ulterior intention of harassing them. It is further submitted that apart from the bald allegations made in the impugned F.I.R., no credible evidence whatsoever is forthcoming even prima facie indicating at the complicity of the petitioners in the commission of the alleged crime and the impugned F.I.R., which is a bundle of lies and product of malice, is liable to be quashed.
Per contra learned A.G.A. submitted that from the perusal of the impugned F.I.R. and on the basis of the allegations made therein, it cannot be said that no cognizable offence is disclosed against the petitioners and the impugned F.I.R. 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 and perused the impugned F.I.R., we are not inclined to quash the same.
However, in view of the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case and submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, we dispose of this writ petition with the following conditions:-
1. The investigation of the aforesaid case shall go on but the petitioner nos.2 to 5 shall not be arrested till the submission of police report under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C., subject to their extending full cooperation during investigation.
2. Qua petitioner no.1-Pankaj Kumar (husband), this writ petition stands dismissed. However, considering the nature of the allegations made in the F.I.R. and submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioners, it is directed that in case he appears before the court concerned within three weeks from today and apply for bail, the same shall be heard and disposed of expeditiously by the courts below in view of the settled law.
Order Date :- 18.12.2018/Shalini