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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 24536 of 2019 Petitioner :- Ruchi Devi And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Saurabh Yadav,Shailesh Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Shailendra Singh
Hon'ble Vipin Sinha,J. Hon'ble Rajendra Kumar-IV,J.
Heard Sri Saurabh Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Shailendra Singh, learned counsel for the complainant and learned A.G.A. appearing 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.0184 of 2019, under Sections 363, 366 I.P.C., Police Station Usawana, District Budaun.
The contention of the counsel for the petitioners is that the victim herself is the petitioner no.1 and the accused is petitioner no.2; that both the petitioner nos. 1 and 2 are adult and have solemnized their marriage, without any fear threat or coercion and at present leaving happily as husband and wife; that they have filed a joint affidavit in support of the present writ petition; as per Adhar Card of the girl, she is aged about 19 year and there is no other age proof on record.
In view of the facts and circumstances of the case and with the consent of learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the law as laid down in the case of Sachin Pawar v. State of U.P. Passed in Criminal Appeal No. 1142 of 2013 decided on 2.8.2013, no purpose would be served in keeping the present matter pending any further before this Court. Accordingly, the present writ petition is being disposed off finally with the following directions:-
(a) Till the submission of police report under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C. no coercive action shall be taken or initiated against the petitioners, however they shall participate and cooperate with the investigation;
(b) Copy of this order shall be forwarded to the concerned SSP/SP through the office of Government Advocate of this Court, who shall personally look into the matter and thereafter shall ensure that fair investigation is done in accordance with law without any whims, caprice or personal notion of morality;
(c) The police authorities are directed to investigate the matter fairly expeditiously and submit the report as per the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure and in accordance with the law preferably within a period of three months from today keeping in view the law as laid down by the Division Bench of this Court at Lucknow Bench in the case of Vishal Jaiswal and another v. State of U.P. and others passed on 26.8.2016 in Misc. Bench No. 10724 of 2016 and Shaheen Parveen and another v. State of U.P. And others passed in writ petition no. 3519 (M/B) of 2015 and by the Apex Court in the cases of Lata Singh v. State of U.P. And another; 2011(6) SCC 396 and Shakti Vahini v. Union of India passed in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 231 of 2010.
(d) It is also being made clear that if the investigation has been completed and the police has already submitted report under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C., the present order will not be given effect to.
With the aforesaid observations, the instant writ petition is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 28.11.2019 Manoj