Court No. - 51
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 1508 of 2019 Petitioner :- Rahul Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- R.P.S. Chauhan Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Vipin Sinha,J. Hon'ble Ajit Singh,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.A. for the State.
This writ petition has been filed with the prayer to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned F. I. R. which has been registered as Case Crime No. 1316 of 2018, under Sections 147, 148, 452, 323, 376D, 377, 427 and 506 I.P.C., P.S. Katghat, district-Moradabad.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the impugned first information report has been lodged by the complainant- respondent in pursuance of the application under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. containing absolutely false and concocted allegations against the petitioner with the ulterior intention of harassing the petitioners; the incident took place on 30.9.2018 and the first information report was lodged on 2.12.2018; reliance has been placed on the averments made in para 9, 10 and 11 of the writ petition; apart from the bald allegations made in the impugned F.I.R., no evidence is forthcoming even prima facie indicating at the complicity of the petitioner in the commission of alleged offence and hence the impugned F.I.R. which is a bundle of lies and motivated by malice, is liable to be quashed.
Per contra, learned A.G.A. has submitted that from the perusal of the allegations made in the impugned F. I. R., it cannot be said that no cognizable offence is made out, hence the impugned F.I.R. is not liable to be quashed.
Having heard the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties and perused the impugned first information as well as the other material brought on record, we are not inclined to quash the impugned F.I.R.
However, considering the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties, we dispose of this writ petition with the direction that the petitioner shall not be arrested in the aforementioned case till submission of police report under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C. However, petitioner shall participate and co-operate with the investigation and police authorities shall conclude the investigation within three months from the date of production of certified copy of the order.
With the aforesaid observations, the instant writ petition is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 22.1.2019 Faridul