Court No. - 51
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 11338 of 2019 Petitioner :- Shalini Kulshrestha And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Kamlesh Kumar Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Vipin Sinha,J. Hon'ble Ifaqat Ali Khan,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A. G.
A. Sri Rajesh Mishra for the State.
This writ petition has been filed with the prayer to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned F. I. R. which has been registered as Case Crime No. 860 of 2018, under Section 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC, P.S.- New Agra, District- Agra.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the impugned first information report has been lodged by complainant containing absolutely false and concocted allegations against the petitioners with the ulterior intention of harassing petitioners; petitioners have been implicated on the basis of general allegation; the petitioners have been falsely implicated; the allegations are against the husband of petitioner no. 1 namely Rajat Kulshrestha, who is not party in the writ petition. Petitioner no. 2 happens to be father of petitioner no. 1.; petitioner no. 1 is a woman and is suffering from cancer as mentioned in para-15 of the writ petition; it is further informed that Rajat Kulshrestha is in judicial custody; apart from the bald allegations made in the impugned F. I. R., no evidence is forthcoming even prima facie indicating at the complicity of the petitioners in the commission of alleged offence and hence the impugned F. I. R. which is a bundle of lies and motivated by malice, is liable to be quashed.
Per contra, learned A. G. A. has submitted that from the perusal of the allegations made in the impugned F. I. R., it cannot be said that no cognizable offence is made out, hence the impugned F. I. R. is not liable to be quashed.
After having heard the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties present and perused the impugned first information as well as the other material brought on record, we are not inclined to quash the impugned F. I. R.
However, considering the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties, we dispose of this writ petition with the direction that the petitioners shall not be arrested in the aforementioned case till submission of police report under Section 173 (2) Cr.P.C., however, petitioners shall participate and co-operate with the investigation and the police authorities are directed to complete the investigation as early as possible.
Order Date :- 30.4.2019 SKS