Court No. - 40
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 36896 of 2018 Petitioner :- Raju And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Mithilesh Kumar Shukla,Avanish Kumar Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Bala Krishna Narayana,J. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Singh,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.G.A. for the State.
This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners with a prayer to quash the impugned F.I.R. registered as Case Crime no. 0547 of 2018, under Section 354, 323, 504 I.P.C. and 3(2)(V) SC/ST Act, P.S. Mahrajpur, District- Kanpur Nagar.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the impugned first information report has been lodged by the respondent no.3 containing absolutely false and concocted allegations against the petitioners with the ulterior intention of harassing them. He next submitted that father of the petitioners had lodged a first inromation report dated 16.04.2018 against the mother of respondent no.3 and as a counter blast she has lodged the first information report against the father of the petitioners and petitioners which was challenged by them before this court by filing Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No.15681 of 2018, which was finally disposed of with a direction that the petitioners shall not be arrested till the credible evidence is collected (Annexure No.3). He further submitted that 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 petitioners in the commission of the alleged crime and hence the impugned F.I.R. is liable to be quashed.
Per contra, learned A.G.A. submitted that the impugned F.I.R. is not liable to be quashed on the basis of the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the petitioners.
From the perusal of the impugned F.I.R., it appears that on the basis of the allegations made therein prima-facie cognizable offence is made out. There is no scope of interfering in the F.I.R, therefore, the prayer for quashing the impugned F.I.R. is refused.
However, considering the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioners and the nature of the allegations made in the F.I.R., it is directed that till the submission of police report under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C., the petitioners shall not be arrested in the aforesaid case subject to their extending full cooperation during investigation.
With the aforesaid direction, this writ petition is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 18.12.2018 Abhishek