Court No. - 4
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 16939 of 2018 Petitioner :- Seema Devi And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vishwa Nath Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Bala Krishna Narayana,J. Hon'ble Ravindra Nath Kakkar,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.G.A.
This petition has been filed by the petitioners with a prayer to quash the F.I.R. of Case Crime No. 0396 of 2018, under Sections 363, 366 I.P.C., P.S. Meja, District Allahabad.
From the perusal of the F.I.R. it appears that on the basis of allegation made therein the prima facie cognizable offence is made out. There is no scope of interfering in the F.I.R. Therefore, the prayer for quashing the F.I.R. is refused.
However, considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the Kidnapped girl shall be produced before the court concerned, it is directed that in case the alleged kidnapped girl Smt. Seema Devi appears/produced before the court of learned C.J.M., Allahabad within 30 days from today and moves an application for her medical examination, recording her statement under Section 161 Cr.P.C. and 164 Cr.P.C., the learned Magistrate concerned shall fix a date for the same purpose, on that date the first informant & officer in charge of the police station concerned shall be summoned, she shall be produced before C.M.O. concerned by the concerned police officer for her medical examination thereafter she shall be produced before C.J.M. concerned for recording her statement under Section 164 Cr.P.C., the same shall be recorded on the application filed by the I.O./Officer in charge of the police station concerned, till then no coercive step shall be taken against the petitioners, in default of it, it shall be open to the police authority concerned to arrest the petitioners, if she is found major and does not support the F.I.R. version, the petitioners shall not be arrested till submission of the police report under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C. but the petitioners shall co-operate with the investigation. In case the alleged kidnapped girl appears to be minor or if she is major but supports the prosecution version, it shall be open to the police authority to arrest the petitioner. In case the petitioners approach the S.S.P. concerned to provide the security for the above mentioned purpose, the same shall be provided to them.
It is further directed that issue of custody of the alleged kidnapped girl shall also be decided by the C.J.M. concerned in accordance with law.
With the above direction this petition is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 27.8.2018 M/A.