Court No. - 46
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 17053 of 2019 Petitioner :- Praveen Kumar Dubey Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajesh Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Naheed Ara Moonis,J. Hon'ble Jayant Banerji,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned AGA for the respondents-State and perused the record.
The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioner invoking the extra ordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India with a prayer to quash the first information report dated 4.4.2019 bearing Case Crime No. 0409 of 2019, under Sections 420, 408, 379, 426 and 120-B I.P.C. and Section 66 Information Technology Act, 2000, Police Station Noida Sector 20, district Gautam Buddha Nagar.
It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is unnecessarily being harassed by the police authorities. The first information report has been lodged by the respondent no. 3 with the allegations that the petitioner and other persons have hatched criminal conspiracy to cheat, tamper and steal computer source code of the complainant. It is further submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the entire prosecution story is the outcome of personal grudge of the respondent no.
3. There is nothing on record to substantiate the allegation made against the petitioner rather it reflects the manoeuvring on the part of the respondent no. 3. Therefore, the first information report so lodged by the respondent no. 3 is liable to be quashed.
Per contra the learned A.G.A. contended that the allegations contained in the first information report cannot be nipped in the bud. There are sufficient material showing the complicity of the petitioner. The innocence of the petitioner cannot be adjudged at this stage.
From perusal of the F.I.R., prima facie cognizable offences is made out at this stage against the petitioner therefore, we do not find any cogent or convincing reason to quash the first information report. The prayer for quashing the first information report is refused.
However, in the facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions advanced on behalf of the petitioner, it is directed that the petitioner shall not be arrested in the aforesaid case till the submission of police report under Section 173 (2) Cr.P.C., subject to the restraint that the petitioner shall co-operate with the investigation and shall appear as and when called upon to assist in the investigation.
With the above direction, this petition is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 24.6.2019 Shahnawaz