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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 22924 of 2018 Petitioner :- Prahalad Singh Respondent :- State Of U P And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Suresh Chandra,Alok Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ramesh Sinha,J. Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh-I,J.
Heard Sri Suresh Chandra, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri N. K. Verma, 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 10.07.2018 registered as Case Crime No. 0415 of 2018, under Section 420, 409 I.P.C., Police Station Chhata, District Mathura.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that co-accused person of the present case has earlier approached this court for quashing of the FIR by filing Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 20395 of 2018 in which interim protection has been granted in his favour by this Court on 30.07.2018, hence the petitioner is also entitled for the same relief.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for quashing but could not dispute the aforesaid fact as argued by learned counsel for the petitioner.
Copy of the order granting interim protection in favour of co-accused person supplied by learned counsel for the petitioner is taken on record.
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.
(Dinesh Kumar Singh-I, J.) (Ramesh Sinha, J.) Order Date :- 23.8.2018 Ashok Gupta