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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 22671 of 2018 Petitioner :- Saiyad Mushfiq Jafri Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Prateek Sinha,Amar Nath Sinha Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ramesh Sinha,J. Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh-I,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the impugned F.I.R. as well as material brought on record.
This petition has been filed by the petitioner with a prayer to quash the F.I.R. dated 27.08.2010 registered as case crime no.05 of 2010 under sections 408, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B I.P.C. and 13 (2) Prevention of Corruption Act, Police station S.I.T. U.P., Lucknow.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the impugned F.I.R. has been challenged by the co-accused before this Court in Crl. Misc. Writ Petition No. 21017 of 2018 in which interim protection was granted to him vide order dated 03.08.2018, hence, the petitioner is also entitled for the same relief.
Copy of the aforesaid order has been annexed at page 65 of the petition as Annexure No.9.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for quashing but could not dispute the aforesaid fact as argued by learned counsel for the petitioner.
Considering the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties and the nature of allegations, it is directed that the petitioner shall not be arrested in above mentioned case, till submission of police report under section 173(2) Cr.P.C. but he shall co-operate with the investigation of the case.
With the above direction this petition is finally disposed of.
(Dinesh Kumar Singh-I, J.) (Ramesh Sinha, J.) Order Date :- 21.8.2018 Madhurima