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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 16491 of 2019 Petitioner :- Purushottam Mishra Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ajay Kumar Pandey,Chandra Badan Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ramesh Sinha,J. Hon'ble Vivek Varma,J.
Heard Sri Ajay Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner, Ms. Archana 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 by the petitioners with a prayer to quash the F.I.R. dated 4.4.2019 registered as case crime no. 0217 of 2019 under sections 420, 406, 504, 506I.P.C. police station Sigara, District Varanasi.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the present F.I.R. has been lodged on the basis of 156 (3) Cr.P.C. for the harassment of the petitioner.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for quashing but could not dispute the aforesaid fact as argued by learned counsel for the petitioners.
Considering the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties and nature of the allegations, it is directed that the petitioners shall not be arrested in above mentioned case, till the submission of the police report under section 173(2) Cr.P.C. but they 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 Deepika