Court No. - 51
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 14501 of 2018 Petitioner :- Ram Bharosa And 2 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Gopal Verma Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Vipin Sinha,J. Hon'ble Mahboob Ali,J.
Exemption application is allowed.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners 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.0331 of 2018, under Sections- 498A, 304-B IPC & 3/4 D.P. Act, P.S.- Karvi Kotwali Nagar, district- Chitrakoot.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the impugned first information report has been lodged by the complainant-respondent containing absolutely false and concocted allegations against the petitioners with the ulterior intention of harassing the petitioners; entire family members have been implicated in the present case on the basis of general allegations; 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 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..
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.
So far as petitioner no. 2 is concerned, the following order is being passed;
Looking to the gravity of offence and seriousness of allegations no case for grant of indulgence is made out. However, it is provided that in case, petitioner no.2 appears and surrenders before the court below and applies for bail, her prayer for bail shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law.
So far as petitioner nos. 1 and 3 are concerned, the following order is being passed;
Considering the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties and also in view of the law laid down by the Apex Court in the cases of B.S. Joshi v. State of Haryana; 2003(4) SCC 675 and Rajesh Sharma and others v. State of
U.P. and others decided on 27.7.2017 passed in Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.2013 of 2017, we dispose of this writ petition with the direction that petitioner nos. 1 and 3 shall not be arrested in the aforementioned case till submission of police report under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C. However, petitioner nos. 1 and 3 shall participate and co-operate with the investigation.
With the aforesaid observations, the instant writ petition is finally disposed off.
Order Date :- 31.5.2018 Radhika