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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 25456 of 2018 Petitioner :- Savitri Devi And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Atul Pandey,Shanti Dhar Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ramesh Sinha,J. Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh-I,J.
Heard Sri Shanti Dhar Dwivedi, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Prabhash Pandey, learned Brief Holder 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 24.08.2018 registered as case crime no.0884 of 2018 under sections 3/7 E.C. Act, police station Hapurnagar, District Hapur.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are ladies. They have been falsely implicated in the present case though they have no role to play in the commission of the offence in question.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for quashing.
Considering the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties and nature of the allegations, it is directed that the petitioner shall not be arrested in above mentioned case, till the submission of the police report under section 173(2) Cr.P.C. but they shall co-operate with the investigation of the case.
The case of the petitioners is distinguishable from the case of other co- accused persons.
With the above direction this petition is finally disposed of.
It is made clear that the Court has granted indulgence only on account of the fact that the petitioners are ladies and order granting interim protection to the petitioners shall not be treated as a parity to other co-accused.
(Dinesh Kumar Singh-I, J.) (Ramesh Sinha, J.) Order Date :- 13.9.2018 AU