Court No. - 46
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 2249 of 2021 Petitioner :- Shadab Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Bhuvnesh Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Surya Prakash Kesarwani,J. Hon'ble Piyush Agrawal,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.A.
This writ petition has been filed for quashing the show cause notice dated 25.01.2021 issued by the respondent no.2 in Case No.D202113160000373/41 under section 3(1) of U.P. Control of Goondas Act, 1970.
Learned A.G.A. raised a preliminary objection to the maintainability of the writ petition on the ground that the petitioner has opportunity to submit reply to the impugned show cause notice raising all the objections including that of jurisdiction to issue notice before the competent authority in view of the law laid down by Hon'ble Supreme Court in Special Director and Anr. Vs. Mohd. Ghulam Ghouse and Anr., (2004)3 SCC 440.
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, we dispose off this writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to submit reply to the impugned show cause notice before the competent authority raising all the objections as may be available to him under law including that of jurisdiction. The authority concerned shall decide the objections in accordance with law by a speaking and reasoned order expeditiously, preferably within a period of two months from the date of submission of a copy of this order along with a copy of the reply, after affording opportunity to the petitioner, if the case is still pending.
It is made clear that this this Court has not expressed any opinion on merits of the case of the petitioner.
Order Date :- 28.7.2021/vkg