Hon'ble Ajai Kumar Srivastava-I,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned AGA for the State through Video Conferencing.
The punishment for the offences mentioned in the impugned F.I.R. is upto seven years.
Issuance of notice to the opposite party no.4 is dispensed with.
This petition seeks issuance of a writ or direction in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned F.I.R. dated 29.05.2018 registered as Case Crime No.0355 of 2018 under Sections 406, 420, 506 IPC, 1860 and 3(1)(R) of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 at Police Station Kakori District Lucknow.
Learned Additional Government Advocate looking to the gravity of punishment being less than seven years has stated that the provisions of Section 41-A Cr.P.C. shall be strictly followed in terms of judgment rendered by Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in a case reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273: Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and another.
The present petition deserves to be disposed of in terms of the statement made by learned AGA.
Accordingly, this petition is disposed of in view of the provisions of Section 41-A Cr.P.C. and the law as laid down by Apex Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar (supra).
Order Date :- 26.5.2021 Shahnaz