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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 16461 of 2019 Petitioner :- Pradip Kumar Respondent :- State Of U P And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- A.K. Maurya Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ramesh Sinha,J. Hon'ble Vivek Varma,J.
Heard Sri A.K. Maurya, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri S.K. Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the impugned F.I.R. as well as material brought on record.
This petition has been filed with the prayer to quash the F.I.R. dated 17.5.2019, registered as Case Crime No.666 of 2019, u/s 380 IPC, P.S. Cantt. District Varanasi.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the conductor of the bus in which the informant was travelling. The theft might have been committed by some other passengers who were also travelling in the bus. The allegations levelled against the petitioner are absolutely false, frivolous and baseless, hence present FIR lodged against the petitioner be quashed.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for quashing of the FIR.
Considering the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties and nature of the allegations, it is directed that the petitioner shall not be arrested in above mentioned case, till the submission of the police report under section 173(2) Cr.P.C. but shall co-operate with the investigation of the case.
With the above direction this petition is finally disposed of.
(Vivek Varma, J.) (Ramesh Sinha, J.) Order Date :- 13.6.2019 Gaurav