Court No. - 46
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 5106 of 2019 Petitioner :- Sanjeev Rana And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Puneet Bhadauria Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Naheed Ara Moonis,J. Hon'ble Virendra Kumar Srivastava,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned AGA for the State.
By means of the present writ petition, the petitioners have invoked extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court with a prayer to quash the first information report dated 14.1.2019 registered as Case Crime No. 0017 of 2019, under Sections 307 and 506 I.P.C., police station Khurja Nagar, District Bulandshahr.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the impugned first information report has been lodged by the respondent no. 4 containing absolutely false and concocted allegations against the petitioners with the ulterior intention of harassing them. He further submitted that apart from the bald allegations made in the impugned first information report 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 first information report is liable to be quashed.
Per contra the learned A.G.A. contended that the allegation contained in the first information report cannot be aborted at this stage. The petitioners will have ample opportunity to rebut the allegations made against them.
From the perusal of the first information report, it appears that on the basis of the allegations made therein, prima facie cognizable offence is made out. There is no ground for interference with the first information report. Therefore, the prayer for quashing the impugned first information report is refused. The writ petition sans any merit and is accordingly dismissed.
However, considering the nature of the allegations made in the first information report and submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioners, it is directed that in case the petitioners appear before the court concerned within thirty days from today and apply for bail, the same shall be heard and disposed of expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with law.
Order Date :- 25.2.2019 Shahnawaz